John F. Kennedy Quotes

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.

The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong.

Free governments are the only way to insure that the strong are just and the weak are valued.

An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.

Unrestrained liberalism only makes the strong stronger and the weak weaker and excludes the most excluded.

Until we are all free, we are none of us free.

The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong.

The liberties of none are safe unless the liberties of all are protected.

I do think that this planet is a totally unjust planet. I mean throughout history - history paints a beautiful picture when it's written by the victorious, but it's a planet that belongs to the strong and the more able, and usually they are tyrants. So basically, I don't see justice happening to the crushed and the weak.

If the king did not, without tiring, inflict punishment on those worthy to be punished, the stronger would roast the weaker, like fish on a spit

The weak are always at war with the stronger; that is the source of eternal hatreds.

The reliance of our race upon the progress and achievements of others for a consideration in sympathy, justice and rights is like a dependence upon a broken stick, resting upon which will eventually consign you to the ground.

The law has no claim to human respect; its only purpose is to protect exploitation.

I will always be on the side of those who have nothing.

Yet she's only as rich as the poorest of the poor Only as free as a padlocked prison door Only as strong as our love for this land Only as tall as we stand!

It is of great importance in a republic not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers, but to guard one part of the society against the injustice of the other part.

When you are about to badger the weak, Then imagine yourself before a more powerful man.

Justice is not available to all equally; it is something that many of us must struggle to achieve.

This commitment to equality and justice for all are the ideals that our country was founded upon and what we continue to aspire to as people. We cannot be complacent, and must vigilantly affirm this again and again, as bigotry and hatred have an insidious way of seeping into our society.

It's always important, when we experience injustice in this nation, that people in power understand that we will not take that injustice quietly.

The problem with Russia is not that it has laws restricting promotion of the gay lifestyle. The problem with Russia is that it has no laws that effectively constrain the strong or protect the weak.

But at some point, you know that - you know what poem keeps going through my mind is, "first they came for the Jews." People, all of us, are like, "Well, this news doesn't really affect me." "Well, I'm not a bondholder." "Well, I'm not in the banking industry." "Well, I'm not a big CEO." "Well, I'm not on Wall Street." "Well, I'm not a car dealer." "I'm not an auto worker." Gang, at some point, they're going to come for you!

Between a high, solid wall and an egg that breaks against it, I will always stand on the side of the egg.

I have searched all night and day for new and better words that could express my feelings and fear for the people of this country. I found no new words. I only have no hope-filled insight to deliver. I only have this warning to all Americans: Whatever this country is willing to do to the least of us, it will one day do to us all.