♦ History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside – John F. Kennedy

♦  Too often we. enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought – John F. Kennedy

♦ The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth – John F. Kennedy

♦ When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man’s concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses – John F. Kennedy

♦ The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission – John F. Kennedy

♦ Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one’s own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others – John F. Kennedy

♦ Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all – John F. Kennedy

♦ Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty – John F. Kennedy

♦ Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable – John F. Kennedy

♦ Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth – John F. Kennedy