We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes.

The men who create power make an indispensable contribution to the Nation’s greatness, but the men who question power make a contribution just as indispensable, especially when that questioning is disinterested, for they determine whether we use power or power uses us.

It was involuntary. They sank my boat.

Ich bin ein Berliner.

In free society art is not a weapon … Artists are not engineers of the soul.

Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind.

And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.

All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished in the first 1,000 days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.

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

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.