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Quotation from Inaugural Address by John F. Kennedy
“Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.”
Inaugural Address, Paragraph 14 (Public Papers of the Presidents; Avalon Project)
The turn from deterrence to diplomacy in the request to the nation's adversaries.
Citation: "Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate." — John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, Paragraph 14 (Public Papers of the Presidents; Avalon Project). (id kennedy-inaugural-address-q5)
Portrait: Jfk inauguration, U.S. Army Signal Corps, Public domain.
