John F. Kennedy Quotes
If we are to go only halfway or reduce our sights in the face of difficulty... it would be better to not go at all.
Kennedy, John F. "Address at Rice University in Houston on the Nation's Space Effort." Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962. United States Government Printing Office, 1963, p. 670.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, often referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his work as president concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba. A Democrat, Kennedy represented Massachusetts in both houses of the U.S. Congress prior to becoming president.