♦ There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction – John F. Kennedy

♦  For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future – John F. Kennedy

♦ When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity  – John F. Kennedy

♦  Israel was not created in order to disappear – Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom – John F. Kennedy

♦ Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan  – John F. Kennedy

♦ The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all  – John F. Kennedy

♦ Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures – John F. Kennedy

♦ There are many people in the world who really don’t understand-or say they don’t-what is the great issue between the free world and the Communist world. Let them come to Berlin!  – John F. Kennedy

♦ Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal – John F. Kennedy

♦ The human mind is our fundamental resource – John F. Kennedy