Best Profiles In Courage Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“There's nothing noble or selfless about politicians and there never has been. Putting it charitably, Profiles in Courage is a compendium of Democratic mythology, ghostwritten for an ambitious young Massachusetts Senator who never did a thing for himself if he could pay to have it done by others.”

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Author:L. Neil Smith

“I would guess it didn't exactly represent a profile in courage for the vice president to wander over there to the F-word network for a sit down with Brit Hume. I mean, that's a little like Bonnie interviewing Clyde, ain't it?”

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Author:Jack Cafferty

“Courage is the virtue that President Kennedy most admired. He sought out those people who had demonstrated in some way, whether it was on a battlefield or a baseball diamond, in a speech or fighting for a cause, that they had courage that they would stand up, that they could be counted on.”

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Author:Robert Kennedy

“O, do not pray for easy lives.”

Source: Visions and Tasks: Sermons Fourth Series

“I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known.”

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Author:Hubert H. Humphrey

“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”

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Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963

“My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”

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Author:John F. Kennedy

“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.”

Source: The Wicked Wit of John F. Kennedy

“A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.”

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”

“A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962

“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.”

“We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came.”

“Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.”

“Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”

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

“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.”

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962

“Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.”

“If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.”

“The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger--but recognize the opportunity.”

“I really don't know why it is that all of us are so committed to the sea, except I think it is because in addition to the fact that the sea changes and the light changes, and ships change, it is because we all came from the sea. And it is an interesting biological fact that all of us have, in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch it we are going back from whence we came.”

“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things. Not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”

“The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.”

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Author:John F. Kennedy

“Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.”

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Author:John F. Kennedy

“If by a "Liberal," they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people - their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties - someone who believes that we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal," then I'm proud to say that I'm a "Liberal."”

“One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.”

“Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.”

“In whatever area in life one may meet the challenges of courage, whatever may be the sacrifices he faces if he follows his conscience - the loss of his friends, his fortune, his contentment, even the esteem of his fellow men - each man must decide for himself the course he will follow. The stories of past courage can define that ingredient - they can teach, they can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must look into his own soul.”

“We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values.”

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962

“For without belittling the courage with which men have died, we should not forget those acts of courage with which men have lived.”

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Book:Profiles in Courage

Source: Profiles in Courage

“The true democracy, living and growing and inspiring, puts its faith in the people - faith that the people will not simply elect men who will represent their views ably and faithfully, but will also elect men who will exercise their conscientious judgment - faith that the people will not condemn those whose devotion to principle leads them to unpopular courses, but will reward courage, respect honor, and ultimately recognize right.”

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Author:John F. Kennedy

“Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.”

“I believe in an America that is officially neither Catholic, Protestant nor Jewish; where no public official either requests or accepts instructions on public policy from the Pope, the National Council of Churches or any other ecclesiastical source; where no religious body seeks to impose its will directly or indirectly upon the general populace or the public acts of its officials; and where religious liberty is so indivisible that an act against one church is treated as an act against all.”

“The stories of past courage... can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must look into his own soul.”

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Book:Profiles in Courage

Source: Profiles in Courage

“Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet.”

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Author:John F. Kennedy