Quote #66

When I read that we will fight the Japs for years if necessary and will sacrifice hundreds of thousands if we must, I always like to check from where he's talking: it's seldom out here. (While on Naval duty in the Pacific, 1943; quoted by Paul Fussell.)

More from John F. Kennedy

  1. Freedom is not merely a word or an abstract theory, but the most effective instrument for advancing the welfare of man.
  2. Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without liberty is always in vain.
  3. Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us.
  4. Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
  5. It is not our wealth that built our Roads, but it is our roads that built our wealth
  6. Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.
  7. It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing to war
  8. I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it.

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