John Fitzgerald Kennedy, often referred to by his initials as JFK or by the nickname Jack, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination near the end of his third year in office. Kennedy was the youngest person to assume the presidency by election. He was also the youngest president at the end of his tenure, and his lifespan was the shortest of any president. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his work as president concerning relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba. A Democrat, he represented Massachusetts in both houses of the U.S. Congress prior to his presidency. "The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds." This quote is saying that when we learn, we also. learn how dumb we were before. This quote is from "We choose to go to the Moon", is a September 12, 1962, speech by United States President John F. Kennedy to further inform the public about his plan to land a man on the Moon before 1970. This quotation highlights the importance of humility in scientific discovery. Although Kennedy is proud of American scientists' accomplishments and confident they will reach the moon, he knows space exploration is an enormous undertaking. With space science still in its infancy in the 1960s, scientists needed to admit their own limitations in order to learn and progress. Kennedy invites the American public to approach learning with the same humility. All men by nature desire to know. A man is what he knows. The more you know, the less you need to show. There are no possessions like knowledge, and no poverty like ignorance. The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance make known. Our greatest enemy today is ignorance. What we don’t know is killing us; or at least depriving us of a full and abundant life. As long as we live in darkness, we will never know that we are prisoners in our own territory, slaves of an illegal dictator. Because we don’t know the truth, we don’t realize the power we have, we allow ignorance to run our lives, ravaging our bodies with sickness, draining our finances, destroying our marriages, messing up our kids with drugs and alcohol, and generally wreaking havoc. The antidote to ignorance is knowledge. Knowledge comes through truth, and truth brings freedom. Knowledge is not power but the Practice of knowledge is power. Knowledge becomes power only when we put it into practice. Therefore essence of knowledge is, to know, to understand and to apply. There is no substitute for precise knowledge. Hence Pursue true Knowledge, that is know your origin, significance, relevance, purpose, and meaning, know yourself, and know your fellowmen. The highest form of ignorance is to reject something you know nothing about. John F. Kennedy said “The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds.” A better way to understand ignorance, or the lack of knowledge, is probably to figure out what knowledge is.