“While geography has made us neighbors, tradition has made us friends.”

— John F. Kennedy, Luncheon address (29 June 1962)

About John F. Kennedy

1917 – 1963

Thirty-fifth President of the United States.

“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.”

“Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.”

“For of those to whom much is given, much is required.”

“If you would keep your Secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.”

“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.”

“I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.”

“A true friend is one who is, as it were, a second self.”

“May we never want a friend in need, nor a bottle to give him!”

“Fortunate is he who does not carry envy as a companion.”