JFK addresses the media about the Cold War

On many earlier occasions, I have said—and your newspapers have constantly said— that these are times that appeal to every citizen’s sense of sacrifice and self-discipline.  They call out to every citizen to weigh his rights and comforts against his obligations to the common good.  I cannot now believe that those citizens who serve in the newspaper business consider themselves exempt from that appeal. 

I have no intention of establishing a new Office of War Information to govern the flow of news.  I am not suggesting any new forms of censorship or new types of security classifications.  I have no easy answer to the dilemma that I have posed, and would not seek to impose it if I had one.  But I am asking the members of the newspaper profession and the industry in this country to reexamine their own responsibilities—to consider the degree and the nature of the present danger—and to heed the duty of self-restraint which that danger imposes upon us all.

~ President John F. Kennedy, “ADDRESS: THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRESS,” April 27, 1961

John F. Kennedy on poetry

When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses, for art establishes the basic human truths which must serve as the touchstones of our judgment.

~ John F. Kennedy, 1964 speech at Amherst College honoring Robert Frost

John F. Kennedy on expectations

For those to whom much is given, much is expected.

~ John F. Kennedy

JFK on immagination

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

John F. Kennedy, 35th president

Bob Hope on John F. Kennedy's electoral victory

I must say the Senator's victory in Wisconsin was a triumph for democracy. It proves that a millionaire has just as good a chance as anybody else.

~ Bob Hope