Who said: "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."

Born in Ireland in 1917, graduated from Harvard University in 1940 and entered the Navy. He was a hero of war when his ship was struck and sunk by Japanese destroyers and Kennedy in 1943, and they passed dangerous water to a safe place despite serious injuries I led the survivors.

After the war he became a Democrat in the Boston area and in 1953 he was married to Jacqueline Bouvier in the same year as a senator. During the recovery of the back operation in 1955, he wrote "Introduction of Courage" and received the Pulitzer Prize in history.

Since he was not recommended to the Democratic party in 1956, he was recommended in 1960 and continued to win the president with a slight advantage over Richard Nixon.

President Kennedy expressed a contemporary, free, sometimes idealistic view in the presidential period. The plan of the Peace Corps was established to nurture developing countries, spread the ideals of the United States, improve civil rights, and promise space exploration.

Our problem is artificial, so people can solve it. Fate is something that humans can not change.

After all, our basic commons are that we all live on this small planet, we all suck the same air and we all care about the future of our children is.

So do not discriminate against us - let us also focus on our common interests and the means to solve them.

When we took office it was as bad as we said that most surprised me.

The Chinese wrote the word "crisis" with two brushes. One brush represents danger and the other brush is an opportunity. Please beware of the dangers of crisis - but be aware of opportunities

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