John F Welch quotes - Page : 2

" The men who create power make an indispensable contribution to the Nations 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. " # Greatness # Power # Happiness

" My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. " # Famous # America # Patriotism

" Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. " # Leaders and Leadership # Learning # Happiness

" And so, my fellow americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. 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. " # America # Freedom # Patriotism

" I believe this nation should commit itself, to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. " # Goals

" Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty. " # Friends and Friendship

" Too often we...enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. " # Opinions

" The greatest enemy of the truth is very often not the lie--delierate, contrived, and dishonest, but the myth persistent, peruasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. " # Truth

" We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy - but because they are hard! Because that challenge is one we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone and one we intend to win! " # Choice

" We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others. " # Freedom