John F. Kennedy

Above all, we are coming to understand that the arts incarnate the creativity of a free people. When the creative impulse cannot flourish, when it cannot freely select its methods and objects, when it is deprived of spontaneity, then society severs the root of art.

We cannot negotiate with those who say, "What's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable."

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

When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.

My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own.