John F. Kennedy
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7 quotes we’ve traced to John F. Kennedy
“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country”
Verified“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past are certain to miss the future”
Verified“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”
Verified“A child miseducated is a child lost”
Attributed“The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintain their neutrality”
Disputed“There's a plot in this country to enslave every man, woman, and child. Before I leave this high and noble office, I intend to expose this plot”
Disputed“When everybody thinks alike, nobody will think at all”
DisputedNot actually John F. Kennedy
Often misattributed to John F. Kennedy
Famous lines widely pinned on John F. Kennedy that we’ve traced to someone else.
“A revolution is coming — a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate if we care enough; successful if we are fortunate enough — but a revolution which is coming whether we will it or not”
actually Robert F. Kennedy
“If a man does not know to what port he is sailing, no wind is favorable”
actually Seneca the Younger
“It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness”
actually William L. Watkinson
“One person can make a difference, and every person should try”
actually Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing”
actually Origin unknown — long misattributed to Edmund Burke
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