John F. Kennedy Quotes

I think naturally you want to judge things.

Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy.

Think well before selecting your leader, and when you have selected him, follow him. But in case you find his policy detrimental to your interests, kick him out.

If you judge, investigate.

Each man must reach his own verdict, by weighing all the relevant evidence.

If you look at our world, it's a world of critique.

I don't control the movies that are offered to me, but I make choices based on certain parameters.

An executive is a person who always decides sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.

It is circumstance and proper timing that give an action its character and make it either good or bad.

It's not the quantity of your decisions; it's the quality.

The statesman must weigh the rewards of success against the penalties of failure. And he is permitted only one guess.

The precept... is wise which directs us to try all things and hold fast that which is good

Mayors make tough decisions; Senators make tough speeches.

In many important contexts, especially those that are complex, new, or unfamiliar, you shouldn’t blink… and you really shouldn’t trust your gut.

There's got to be a point in time where the reality comes home and people realize, here are the facts, and this is either not true or it is true. You've got the facts, you can make your own decision now.

You have to make your decision based on the content.

Here's the teaching point, if you're teaching kids about intelligence and policy: Intelligence does not absolve policymakers of responsibility to ask tough questions, and it doesn't absolve them of having curiosity about the consequences of their actions.

True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.

Judgment is more than skill. It sets forth on intellectual seas beyond the shores of hard indisputable factual information.

As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.

Wise men argue causes; fools decide them.

Think before you act and act on what you believe.

Our major obligation is not to mistake slogans for solutions.

Perspective gives us the ability to accurately contrast the large with the small, and the important with the less important. Without it we are lost in a world where all ideas, news, and information look the same. We cannot differentiate, we cannot prioritize, and we cannot make good choices.

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.