President Mind Education Navy Cold War Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource. - John F. Kennedy
Opportunity When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity. - John F. Kennedy
Talent 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
Nixon Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House. - John F. Kennedy
Mothers Sons Want Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process. - John F. Kennedy
If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be no turning back. - Ulysses S. Grant
Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security. - John F. Kennedy
Even though this is late in an election year, there is no way we can go forward except together and no way anybody can win except by serving the people's urgent needs. We cannot stand still or slip backwards. We must go forward now together. - Gerald R. Ford
I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose. - John F. Kennedy