John F. Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963 (aged 46))

The 35th President of the United States. He was the president who ushered in the era of television image politics, the youngest president of the United States in a formal election, the first Catholic president of the United States, one of the 8 Harvard University graduates who became president of the United States, and a non-WASP president. He is the first president of the United States born in the 20th century. He was assassinated in Texas after only two years and ten months in office.

He is a leading figure of the Democratic Party along with Franklin D. Roosevelt, and is close to being a spiritual leader of the American progressive class and Democratic Party supporters. He resolved the Cuban Missile Crisis, which could have led to World War III, and launched the Apollo program, giving the United States an absolute advantage in the space race. He inspired the American people with his New Frontier spirit, saying, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." He is a president who enjoyed popularity beyond party lines after World War II, along with Ronald Reagan.

○ Skeptics and cynics with a limited vision that can only see the obvious realities can never solve many of the world's problems. What we need are people who can dream of things that have never existed.

○ Imagine if you thought problems would be solved by always doing the same thing. Then there would be no problems. But this is impossible. To solve problems in a complex and diverse reality, you have to come up with ideas that are so bizarre that they seem absurd. Even if those ideas are useless, find at least one solution within them.

○ I don't care what you do. But whatever you do, be the best. Even if you become a sewer worker, be the best sewer worker in the world.

○ Action carries risks and costs. But the long-term risks and costs of not acting are far greater.