1. “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”
2. “The greatest enemy of truth is not the lie, but the half-truth.”
3. “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”
4. “We must always remember that accusation is not proof, and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law.”
5. “The world is not a static place. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”
6. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.”
7. “If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.”
8. “The cost of freedom is always high, but the price of slavery is higher.”
9. “We should not be afraid to take bold steps, even if they are unpopular, for the sake of our own security.”
10. “The time to make friends is before you need them.”
11. “In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility—I welcome it.”
12. “The torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans—born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our heritage, confident in our future.”
13. “Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.”
14. “We must never forget that the peace we seek is not the product of words on paper but of actions of men.”
15. “We must all fear, not the atomic bomb, but the fear of the bomb.”
16. “There are some who say that man cannot be trusted with himself. But I trust man and I trust woman. I believe that we can adjust to change, that we can adjust to peace. If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.”
17. “For peace is a process—a way of life, not merely an armistice. It is a positive, constructive force, not merely the absence of war.”
18. “Peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.”
19. “We must build a world of peace—a world where the weak are safe from the strong, and the strong are just and compassionate toward the weak.”
20. “We must build a world where the law is not the tool of the mighty, but the shield of the weak.”
21. “We must build a world where the rich are not indifferent to the poor, and the poor are not resentful of the rich.”
22. “We must build a world where all people are free to live their lives in dignity and to pursue their own happiness.”
23. “We must build a world where peace is not just an ideal, but a reality.”
24. “Let us never forget that courage is contagious. When a single man stands up to be counted, the world becomes a little bit better.”
25. “Let us never be afraid to dream the impossible dream, to fight the unbeatable foe, to bear the unbearable burden, to reach for the unreachable star, to see the invisible, to feel the intangible, and to accomplish the impossible.”
26. “My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”
27. “In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility—I welcome it.”
28. “The torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans—born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our heritage, confident in our future.”
29. “Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.”
30. “We must all fear, not the atomic bomb, but the fear of the bomb.”
31. “There are some who say that man cannot be trusted with himself. But I trust man and I trust woman. I believe that we can adjust to change, that we can adjust to peace. If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.”
32. “For peace is a process—a way of life, not merely an armistice. It is a positive, constructive force, not merely the absence of war.”
33. “Peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.”
34. “We must build a