Hold fast to the best of the past and move fast to the best of the future.
JOHN F. KENNEDYThose who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
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Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.
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We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future.
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The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.
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The state is the servant of the citizen, and not his master.
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There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.
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Democracy is never a final achievement. It is a call to an untiring effort.
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To those whom much is given, much is expected.
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Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
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Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
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Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.
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Economic growth without social progress lets the great majority of the people remain in poverty, while a privileged few reap the benefits of rising abundance.
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The best road to progress is freedom’s road.
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Wealth is the means, and people are the ends. All our material riches will avail us little if we do not use them to expand the opportunities of our people.
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Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
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Here on earth, God’s work must surely be our own.
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The only valid test of leadership is the ability to lead, and lead vigorously.
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Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
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Persons are judged to be great because of the positive qualities they possess, not because of the absence of faults.
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Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be inevitable.
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Truth is a tyrant-the only tyrant to whom we can give our allegiance. The service of truth is a matter of heroism.
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A tax cut means higher family income and higher business profits and a balanced federal budget.
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Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
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The problem of power is how to achieve its responsible use rather than its irresponsible and indulgent use; of how to get men of power to live for the public rather than off the public.
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There are three things in life which are real: God, human folly and laughter. Since the first two are beyond our comprehension, we must do what we can with the third.
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We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.
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The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.
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