John F. Kennedy Quotes
While we cannot guarantee that we shall one day be first, we can guarantee that any failure to make this effort will make us last.
Kennedy, John F. "Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Effort, September 12, 1962." Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1963, p. 669.
There are some scholars who believe that On the Sublime was written by an unknown author with the name Longinus.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, often referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his work as president concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba. A Democrat, Kennedy represented Massachusetts in both houses of the U.S. Congress prior to becoming president.