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„Die Chinesen verwenden zwei Pinselstriche, um das Wort "Krise" zu schreiben. Ein Pinselstrich steht für Gefahr; der andere für die Gelegenheit. Seien Sie sich in einer Krise der Gefahr bewusst - aber erkennen Sie die Gelegenheit.“

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

„Die Rechte eines jeden Menschen werden geschmälert, wenn die Rechte eines einzelnen Menschen bedroht sind.“

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

„Veränderung ist die Regel des Lebens. Wer nur Vergangenheit und Gegenwart betrachtet, wird die Zukunft sicherlich vermissen.“

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

„Diejenigen, die eine friedliche Revolution unmöglich machen, werden eine gewaltsame Revolution unvermeidlich machen.“

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

„Wenn wir unsere Dankbarkeit ausdrücken, dürfen wir niemals vergessen, dass die höchste Wertschätzung nicht darin besteht, Worte auszusprechen, sondern nach ihnen zu leben.“

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

„Wir müssen die Zeit finden, anzuhalten und den Menschen zu danken, die unser Leben verändern.“

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Zitate über Menschen von John Fitzgerald Kennedy

„Die Energie, der Glaube, die Hingabe, die wir diesem Unterfangen widmen, werden leuchten in unserem Land und in allen, die ihm dienen – und der Schein dieses Feuers kann wahrhaftig ein Licht sein für die Welt. Und deshalb, meine amerikanischen Mitbürger: Fragt nicht, was euer Land für euch tun kann - fragt, was ihr für euer Land tun könnt. Meine Mitbürger in der ganzen Welt: Fragt nicht, was Amerika für euch tun wird, sondern fragt, was wir gemeinsam tun können für die Freiheit des Menschen.“

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Antrittsrede, 20. Januar 1961, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum: Antrittsrede des Präsidenten John Fitzgerald Kennedy http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/Historic-Speeches/Multilingual-Inaugural-Address/German.aspx
Original engl.: "The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it — and the glow from that fire can truly light the world. And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum: Inaugural Address, 20 January 1961 http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/BqXIEM9F4024ntFl7SVAjA.aspx
Amtsantrittsrede (1961)

„Alle freien Menschen, wo immer sie leben mögen, sind Bürger dieser Stadt Berlin, und deshalb bin ich als freier Mann stolz darauf, sagen zu können: Ich bin ein Berliner.“

John Fitzgerald Kennedy buch Ich bin ein Berliner

Rede vor dem Schöneberger Rathaus in Berlin, 26. Juni 1963. Quelle: John F. Kennedy: Ich bin ein Berliner (1963) von Englisch Lernen Online http://www.englisch-lernen-online.de/fertigkeiten/hoeren--hoerverstehen/reden/john-f-kennedy-ich-bin-ein-berliner--mit-uebersetzung-john-f-kennedy-ich-bin-ein-berliner/
Original engl.: "All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore as a free man, I take pride in the words: »Ich bin ein Berliner«." - Quelle: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum - Remarks at the Rudolph Wilde Platz, Berlin http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/oEX2uqSQGEGIdTYgd_JL_Q.aspx
Ich bin ein Berliner (1963)

„Vor zweitausend Jahren war der stolzeste Satz, den ein Mensch sagen konnte, der: Ich bin ein Bürger Roms. Heute ist der stolzeste Satz, den jemand in der freien Welt sagen kann: Ich bin ein Berliner.“

John Fitzgerald Kennedy buch Ich bin ein Berliner

Rede vor dem Schöneberger Rathaus in Berlin, 26. Juni 1963. Quelle: John F. Kennedy: Ich bin ein Berliner (1963) von Englisch Lernen Online http://www.englisch-lernen-online.de/fertigkeiten/hoeren--hoerverstehen/reden/john-f-kennedy-ich-bin-ein-berliner--mit-uebersetzung-john-f-kennedy-ich-bin-ein-berliner/
Original engl.: "Two thousand years ago the proudest boast was "civis Romanus sum." Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is "Ich bin ein Berliner."" - Quelle: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum - Remarks at the Rudolph Wilde Platz, Berlin http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/oEX2uqSQGEGIdTYgd_JL_Q.aspx
Ich bin ein Berliner (1963)

„Das Bemühen, die Lebensbedingungen des Menschen zu verbessern, ist jedoch keine Aufgabe für die Wenigen. Es ist die Aufgabe aller Nationen.“

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

„Es gibt neben einem Mut, mit dem Männer sterben; ein Mut, mit dem die Menschen leben müssen.“

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy Zitate und Sprüche

„Ich Bin Ein Berliner“

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Gefühl

„Wenn eine freie Gesellschaft den vielen nicht helfen kann, die arm sind, kann sie die wenigen nicht retten, die reich sind.“

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

„Wir genießen den Komfort der Meinung ohne das Unbehagen des Gedankens.“

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„Die höchste Realität unserer Zeit ist die Verwundbarkeit unseres Planeten.“

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Zeit

„Ein Leben in Freiheit ist nicht leicht, und die Demokratie ist nicht vollkommen. Aber wir hatten es nie nötig, eine Mauer aufzubauen, um unsere Leute bei uns zu halten und sie daran zu hindern, woanders hinzugehen.“

John Fitzgerald Kennedy buch Ich bin ein Berliner

Rede vor dem Schöneberger Rathaus in Berlin, 26. Juni 1963. Quelle: John F. Kennedy: Ich bin ein Berliner (1963) von Englisch Lernen Online http://www.englisch-lernen-online.de/fertigkeiten/hoeren--hoerverstehen/reden/john-f-kennedy-ich-bin-ein-berliner--mit-uebersetzung-john-f-kennedy-ich-bin-ein-berliner/
Original engl.: "Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in, to prevent them from leaving us." - Quelle: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum - Remarks at the Rudolph Wilde Platz, Berlin http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/oEX2uqSQGEGIdTYgd_JL_Q.aspx
Ich bin ein Berliner (1963)

Über Ehe , Freiheit , Demokratie

„Privileg ist hier und mit Privileg geht Verantwortung einher.“

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

„Wir leben unter Mehrheitsherrschaft und wenn diese Mehrheit in ihrer Verantwortung nicht gut ausgebildet ist, leidet die ganze Nation.“

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Über Leben

„Miteinander werden wir unsere Erde retten oder miteinander in den Flammen ihres Brandes umkommen. Aber retten können und müssen wir sie, und damit werden wir uns den ewigen Dank der Menschheit verdienen und als Friedensstifter den ewigen Segen Gottes.“

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Rede vor der Vollversammlung der Vereinten Nationen am 25. September 1961 - Quelle: Dominik Geppert: Die Freiheitsglocke, in: Etienne Francois, Hagen Schulze (Hrsg.): Deutsche Erinnerungsorte 2, Beck'sche Schwarze Reihe 2009, S. 249 books.google http://books.google.de/books?id=fSmuPKt2TH8C&pg=PA249&lpg=PA249&dq=Miteinander
Original engl.: "Together we shall save our planet, or together we shall perish in its flames. Save it we can--and save it we must--and then shall we earn the eternal thanks of mankind and, as peacemakers, the eternal blessing of God." - jfklibrary.org http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/DOPIN64xJUGRKgdHJ9NfgQ.aspx

Über Gott

„Die Freiheit ist unteilbar, und wenn auch nur einer versklavt ist, dann sind alle nicht frei.“

John Fitzgerald Kennedy buch Ich bin ein Berliner

Rede vor dem Schöneberger Rathaus in Berlin, 26. Juni 1963. Quelle: dradio.de http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/kalenderblatt/2147218/
Original engl.: "Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free. " - Quelle: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum - Remarks at the Rudolph Wilde Platz, Berlin http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/oEX2uqSQGEGIdTYgd_JL_Q.aspx
Ich bin ein Berliner (1963)

Freiheit

„Ich rufe nicht diejenigen an, die glauben, der Vergangenheit anzugehören. Ich rufe diejenigen auf, die an die Zukunft glauben.“

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Vergangenheit , Über Glauben , Zukunft

„Nur wenn unsere Bürger körperlich fit sind, können sie sich voll und ganz anstrengen.“

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

„Vergib deinen Feinden, aber vergiss niemals ihre Namen.“

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

„Wir müssen dem krieg ein ende setzen, bevor er uns ein ende setzt“

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Original: We have to end the war before it ends us

Über Krieg

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„Jene, die es wagen kläglich zu versagen, können am meisten erreichen.“

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„Je mehr unser Wissen zunimmt, desto mehr entfaltet sich unsere Unwissenheit.“

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Wissen

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„Der Zeitpunkt, um das Dach zu reparieren ist, wenn die Sonne scheint.“

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Sonne

John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Zitate auf Englisch

“It was in order to avoid any incorrect assessment on the part of your Government with respect to Cuba that I publicly stated that if certain developments in Cuba took place, the United States would do whatever must be done to protect its own security and that of its allies.”

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John F. Kennedy

1962, First letter to Nikita Khrushchev

“Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners. And necessity has made us allies. Those whom nature hath so joined together, let no man put asunder.”

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John F. Kennedy

Address to the Canadian Parliament (17 May 1961)
1961

“There's an old saying that victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan…. I'm the responsible officer of the Government.”

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John F. Kennedy

State Department press conference (21 April 1961), following the Bay of Pigs Invasion, as quoted in A Thousand Days : John F. Kennedy in the White House (1965, 2002 edition), by Arthur Schlesinger, p. 262; also in The Quote Verifier (2006) by Ralph Keyes, p. 234 http://books.google.com/books?id=McO2Co4Ih98C&pg=PA234). The exact wording used by Kennedy (a hundred, not a thousand) had appeared in the 1951 film The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel, as reported in Safire's New Political Dictionary (1993) by William Safire, pp 841–842). The earliest known occurrence is Galeazzo Ciano, Diary 1937-1943, entry for 9 September 1942 ("La victoria trova cento padri, e nessuno vuole riconoscere l'insuccesso."), but the earliest known occurrence on such a theme is in Tacitus's : Agricola Book 1 ab paragraph 27 http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/tac/ag01020.htm: “Iniquissima haec bellorum condicio est: prospera omnes sibi vindicant, adversa uni imputantur.” (It is the singularly unfair peculiarity of war that the credit of success is claimed by all, while a disaster is attributed to one alone.)
1961

“I am convinced that the enactment this year of tax reduction and tax reform overshadows all other domestic problems in this Congress. For we cannot for long lead the cause of peace and freedom, if we ever cease to set the pace here at home. For we cannot for long lead the cause of peace and freedom, if we ever cease to set the pace here at home.”

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John F. Kennedy

1963, Third State of the Union Address

“The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were and ask "why not?"”

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Speech delivered to the Dail (Parliament of Ireland) (28 June 1963)
1963

“The duty of the scholar, of the educated man, of the man or woman whom society has developed talents in, the duty of that man or woman is to help build the society which has made their own advancement possible.”

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John F. Kennedy

1963, Address at the Free University of Berlin

“I give you three examples: first, medical space research may open up new understanding of man's relation to his environment. Examinations of the astronaut's physical, and mental, and emotional reactions can teach us more about the differences between normal and abnormal, about the causes and effects of disorientation, about changes in metabolism which could result in extending the life span. When you study the effects on our astronauts of exhaust gases which can contaminate their environment, and you seek ways to alter these gases so as to reduce their toxicity, you are working on problems similar to those in our great urban centers which themselves are being corrupted by gases and which must be clear.”

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John F. Kennedy

1963, President John F. Kennedy's last formal speech and public words

“…we must think and act not only for the moment but for our time. I am reminded of the story of the great French Marshal Lyautey, who once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardener objected that the tree was slow-growing and would not reach maturity for a hundred years. The Marshal replied, 'In that case, there is no time to lose, plant it this afternoon.”

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"Address in Berkeley at the University of California (109)" (23 March 1962) http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Aids/Ready-Reference/JFK-Quotations.aspx
1963

“The truth doesn't die. The desire for liberty cannot be fully suppressed.”

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1963, Address at the Free University of Berlin

“The world is even smaller today, though the enemy of John Boyle O'Reilly is no longer a hostile power. Indeed, across the gulfs and barriers that now divide us, we must remember that there are no permanent enemies. Hostility today is a fact, but it is not a ruling law. The supreme reality of our time is our indivisibility as children of God and our common vulnerability on this planet.”

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John F. Kennedy

Speech to a joint session of the Dail and the Seanad, Dublin, Ireland (28 June 1963)
1963

“What would Lincoln have been without the Civil War? Just another railroad lawyer!”

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John F. Kennedy

JFK to Gore Vidal, quoted in David Swanson's Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union (2011).
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“No man can fully grasp how far and how fast we have come, but condense, if you will, the 50 thousand years of man's recorded history in a time span of but a half-century. Stated in these terms, we know very little about the first 40 years, except at the end of them advanced man had learned to use the skins of animals to cover them. Then about 10 years ago, under this standard, man emerged from his caves to construct other kinds of shelter. Only five years ago man learned to write and use a cart with wheels. Christianity began less than two years ago. The printing press came this year, and then less than two months ago, during this whole 50-year span of human history, the steam engine provided a new source of power. Newton explored the meaning of gravity. Last month electric lights and telephones and automobiles and airplanes became available. Only last week did we develop penicillin and television and nuclear power, and now if America's new spacecraft succeeds in reaching Venus, we will have literally reached the stars before midnight tonight.
This is a breathtaking pace, and such a pace cannot help but create new ills as it dispels old, new ignorance, new problems, new dangers. Surely the opening vistas of space promise high costs and hardships, as well as high reward.
So it is not surprising that some would have us stay where we are a little longer to rest, to wait. But this city of Houston, this state of Texas, this country of the United States was not built by those who waited and rested and wished to look behind them. This country was conquered by those who moved forward — and so will space.”

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John F. Kennedy

Quelle: 1962, Rice University speech

“I want to drink a cup of tea to all those Kennedys who went and all those Kennedys who stayed.”

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John F. Kennedy

While visiting his ancestral homestead in Wexford, as quoted in BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/27/newsid_4461000/4461115.stm
1963

“Our adversaries have not abandoned their ambitions, our dangers have not diminished, our vigilance cannot be relaxed. But now we have the military, the scientific, and the economic strength to do whatever must be done for the preservation and promotion of freedom. That strength will never be used in pursuit of aggressive ambitions — it will always be used in pursuit of peace. It will never be used to promote provocations — it will always be used to promote the peaceful settlement of disputes.”

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1963, Remarks Prepared for Delivery at the Trade Mart in Dallas

“All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and, therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner."”

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John F. Kennedy buch Ich bin ein Berliner

1963, Ich bin ein Berliner
Kontext: Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free. When all are free, then we can look forward to that day when this city will be joined as one and this country and this great Continent of Europe in a peaceful and hopeful globe. When that day finally comes, as it will, the people of West Berlin can take sober satisfaction in the fact that they were in the front lines for almost two decades.
All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and, therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner."

“We do not want to fight — but we have fought before. And others in earlier times have made the same dangerous mistake of assuming that the West was too selfish and too soft and too divided to resist invasions of freedom in other lands. Those who threaten to unleash the forces of war on a dispute over West Berlin should recall the words of the ancient philosopher: "A man who causes fear cannot be free from fear."”

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John F. Kennedy

1961, Berlin Crisis speech

“If more politicians knew poetry, and more poets knew politics, I am convinced the world would be a little better place in which to live.”

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John F. Kennedy

Remarks at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (14 June 1956) http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Aids/Ready-Reference/JFK-Quotations.aspx; Box 895, Senate Speech Files, John F. Kennedy Papers, Pre-Presidential Papers, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
Pre-1960

“I hope that your Government will refrain from any action which would widen or deepen this already grave crisis and that we can agree to resume the path of peaceful negotiation.”

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John F. Kennedy

1962, First letter to Nikita Khrushchev

“Those who came before us made certain that this country rode the first waves of the industrial revolution, the first waves of modern invention, and the first wave of nuclear power, and this generation does not intend to founder in the backwash of the coming age of space. We mean to be a part of it — we mean to lead it. For the eyes of the world now look into space, to the moon and to the planets beyond, and we have vowed that we shall not see it governed by a hostile flag of conquest, but by a banner of freedom and peace. We have vowed that we shall not see space filled with weapons of mass destruction, but with instruments of knowledge and understanding.”

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1962, Rice University speech

“Now let me make it clear that I believe there can only be one defense policy for the United States and that is summed up in the word 'first.' I do not mean 'first, but'. I do not mean 'first, when'. I do not mean 'first, if'. I mean 'first — period'.”

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Speech at VFW Convention, Detroit, Michigan," (26 August 1960); Box 910, Senate Speech Files, John F. Kennedy Papers, Pre-Presidential Papers, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Aids/Ready-Reference/JFK-Quotations.aspx
1960

“For the unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.”

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John F. Kennedy

1963, Third State of the Union Address

“Eighteen years ago the advent of nuclear weapons changed the course of the world as well as the war. Since that time, all mankind has been struggling to escape from the darkening prospect of mass destruction on earth. In an age when both sides have come to possess enough nuclear power to destroy the human race several times over, the world of communism and the world of free choice have been caught up in a vicious circle of conflicting ideology and interest. Each increase of tension has produced an increase of arms; each increase of arms has produced an increase of tension.”

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John F. Kennedy

1963, Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty speech

“Peace is not solely a matter of military or technical problems — it is primarily a problem of politics and people. And unless man can match his strides in weaponry and technology with equal strides in social and political development, our great strength, like that of the dinosaur, will become incapable of proper control — and like the dinosaur vanish from the earth.”

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John F. Kennedy

1961, UN speech

“The President of a great democracy such as ours, and the editors of great newspapers such as yours, owe a common obligation to the people: an obligation to present the facts, to present them with candor, and to present them in perspective.”

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John F. Kennedy

1961, Address before the American Society of Newspaper Editors

“As apt and applicable as the Declaration of Independence is today, we would do well to honor that other historic document drafted in this hall — the Constitution of the United States. For it stressed not independence but interdependence — not the individual liberty of one but the indivisible liberty of all.”

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John F. Kennedy

1962, Address at Independence Hall

“If the economy of today were operating close to capacity levels with little unemployment, or if a sudden change in our military requirements should cause a scramble for men and resources, then I would oppose tax reductions as irresponsible and inflationary; and I would not hesitate to recommend a tax increase if that were necessary.”

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John F. Kennedy

"Address and Question and Answer Period at the Economic Club of New York (549)" (14 December 1962)
1962, Address and Question and Answer Period at the Economic Club of New York (549)

“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.”

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John F. Kennedy

This is one of seven quotes inscribed on the walls at the gravesite of John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery.
1961, Inaugural Address

“I believe we should go to the moon. But I think every citizen of this country as well as the Members of the Congress should consider the matter carefully in making their judgment, to which we have given attention over many weeks and months, because it is a heavy burden, and there is no sense in agreeing or desiring that the United States take an affirmative position in outer space, unless we are prepared to do the work and bear the burdens to make it successful. If we are not, we should decide today and this year.”

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John F. Kennedy

1961, Speech to Special Joint Session of Congress

“To further the appreciation of culture among all the people, to increase respect for the creative individual, to widen participation by all the processes and fulfillments of art — this is one of the fascinating challenges of these days.”

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John F. Kennedy

"The Arts in America" in LOOK magazine (18 December 1962), p. 110; also reported in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962 http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Aids/Ready-Reference/JFK-Quotations.aspx, p. 907 and inscribed on the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.
1962