John F. Kennedy Quotes


It is time for a new generation of leadership to cope with new problems and new opportunities. For there is a world to be won.


Citations

John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, 35th President of the United States (Democrat, MA), Quoted in Time, November 6, 1989

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Related Quotes

This quotation was used by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in his presidential nomination acceptance speech in 1956.


The Scientific Project that developed the Atomic Bomb. See Robert F. Kennedy {610136} for a later variant of this quotation.


John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
  • Born: May 29, 1917
  • Died: November 22, 1963
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: President

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.