John F. Kennedy

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.

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These are some quotes by American author John F. Kennedy President, who lived between May 29, 1917 and November 22, 1963.

Quotes by John F. Kennedy

A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and that is the basis of all human morality.

John F. Kennedy

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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

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Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.

John F. Kennedy

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