John F. Kennedy on Freedom
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“Conformity is the jailor of freedom.”
“Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free.”
“For to save mankind's future freedom, we must face up to any risk that is necessary.”
“While we shall never weary in the defense of freedom, neither shall we ever abandon the pursuit of peace.”
“This Nation, for all its hopes and all its boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free.”
Amidst the Bay of Pigs aftermath, John F. Kennedy, addressing Khrushchev, framed the global struggle as a universal human drive for liberation, challenging Soviet ideology.
“The great revolution in the history of man, past, present and future, is the revolution of those determined to be free.”
“The basis of self-government and freedom requires the development of character and self-restraint and perseverance and the long view. And these are qualities which require many years of training and education.”