I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy.

John F. Kennedy
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More Quotes By John F. Kennedy
  1. The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger--but recognize the opportunity.

  2. The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.

  3. A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death.

  4. Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

  5. Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

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