John F. Kennedy

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust.

Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.

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

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

America has tossed its cap over the wall of space.

Why should man's first flight to the moon be a matter of national competition? Why should the United States and the Soviet Union, in preparing for such expeditions, become involved in immense duplications of research, construction and expenditure?

I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other planets because their scientists were more advanced than ours.