Top 15 John F. Kennedy Quotes

There's a plot in this country to enslave every man, woman, and child. Before I leave this high and noble office, I intend to expose this plot. - President John F. Kennedy 7 days before his assassination

A child miseducated is a child lost.

A revolution is coming — a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate if we care enough; successful if we are fortunate enough — But a revolution which is coming whether we will it or not. We can affect its character; we cannot alter its inevitability.

What would Lincoln have been without the Civil War? Just another railroad lawyer!

I'm an idealist without illusions.

I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it.

A wall is a hell of a lot better than a war.

It really is true that foreign affairs is the only important issue for a president to handle, isn't? ... I mean, Who gives a shit if the minimum wage is $1.15 or $1.25 in comparison to something like this?

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

I was assured by every son of a bitch I checked with — all the military experts and the CIA — that the plan would succeed.

I have a nice home, the office is close by, and the pay is good.

He "said to one of the highest officials of his Administration that he wanted 'to splinter the C.I.A. in a thousand pieces and scatter it to the winds.'"

When discussing the possibility of a complete military takeover in the country after reading the book Seven Days in May, President Kennedy said, "...if there were a third Bay of Pigs, it could happen." He paused and then said "But it won't happen on my watch."

If anyone is crazy enough to want to kill a president of the United States, he can do it. All he must be prepared to do is give his life for the president's.

All my life I've known better than to depend on the experts. How could I have been so stupid, to let them go ahead?