Category: John F. Kennedy

We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.

Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.

I look forward to a great future for America – a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.

When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man’s concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.