I think this is the most extraordinary c... by John F. Kennedy

President Talent Navy Cold War Assassination

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

Other quotes by John F. Kennedy

Growth

The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions, the mobility and flow of risk capital... the ease or difficulty experienced by new ventures in obtaining capital, and thereby the strength and potential for growth in the economy.

- John F. Kennedy

Courage

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

- John F. Kennedy

Today

We stand today on the edge of a new frontier - the frontier of the 1960's - a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils - a frontier of unfulfilled hopes and threats.

- John F. Kennedy

Man

I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris, and I have enjoyed it.

- John F. Kennedy

Education Now

It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree.

- John F. Kennedy

Opinion Thought

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

- John F. Kennedy

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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