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

#basic #breathe #cherish #children #common

Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#commitment #condemns #implies #lack #oppression

Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#discomfort #enjoy #often #opinion #thought

The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#historically #inherently #oaths #open #open society

I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#been #collection #dined #ever #exception

The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#ignorance #impairs #security #voter

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

#change #future #law #life #look

There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#comfortable #costs #far #far less #inaction

A child miseducated is a child lost. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#lost

Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#come #communism #corruption #country #disrupted