As Marilyn Monroe once sang: Happy Birthday Mr. President! In honor of JFK's date of birth, look back at the most memorable words and images of the young president in the early 1960s.

<a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/politics-culture/jfk-letters-swedish-lover-auction" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John F. Kennedy</a>, the youngest elected U.S. president in history, is famously remembered as an accomplished young man who embodied grace, a powerful command over rhetoric, wide-ranging intellect, and not to forget his American good looks. Gifted in the ability to reach the most humane, empathetic, and idealistic parts of people, the president had a voracious appetite for the written word and in honing his oratorical skills, rallying the people behind his social justice causes. 
Throughout his career in office, one tragically cut short, he brought energy to the <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/politics-culture/white-house-cleaning-president-joe-biden-inauguration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House</a>, connecting the people to the president in an unprecedented manner. On what would have been his 106th birthday, remember JFK through his enduringly pertinent words, and images of the president and the young <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/beauty/jackie-kennedy-10-lessons-style-beauty" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first family.</a>&nbsp;

“If not us, who? If not now, when?”

“Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.” 

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”

“A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.”

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

“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.”

“Without debate, without criticism, no administration and no country can succeed, and no republic can survive.” 

“If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the arisit free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.”

“Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.” 

“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” 

“One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.”

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