Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
JOHN F. KENNEDYEvery accomplishment starts with the decision to try.
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A great change is at hand, and our task, our obligation, is to make that revolution, that change, peaceful and constructive for all.
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Only an educated and informed people will be a free people.
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Liberty without learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.
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We must abolish nuclear weapons, or they will abolish us.
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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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No responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standard of ethical behavior for those who conduct the public business.
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My call is not to those who believe they belong to the past. My call is to those who believe in the future.
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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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The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
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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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Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one’s own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.
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Never let your fears hold you back from pursuing your hopes.
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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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Political action is the highest responsibility of a citizen.
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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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