Torby MacDonald: How would you choose to die? Kennedy: (pausing) Oh, a gun. You never know what’s hit you. A gunshot is the perfect way.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotes
If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
Art is the great democrat, calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding race or religion or wealth or color.
Our arms will never be used to strike the first blow in any attack.
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.
I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty.
We cannot expect that everyone, to use the phrase of a decade ago, will “talk sense to the American people.” But we can hope that fewer people will listen to nonsense. And to the notion that this Nation is headed for defeat through deficit, or that strength is but a matter of slogans, is nothing […]
The link between leadership and learning is not only essential at the community level. It is even more indispensable in world affairs. Ignorance and misinformation can handicap the progress of a city or a company, but they can, if allowed to prevail in foreign policy, handicap this country’s security. In a world of complex and […]
Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that 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.
The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly.
