"A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death.[Remarks Recorded for the Opening of a USIA Transmitter, February 8 1963]"
"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty."
"Our progress as a nation can be not swifter than our progress in education."
"If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him."
"Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.[Inaugural Address, January 20 1961]"
"Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom."