The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
JOHN F. KENNEDYEvery accomplishment starts with the decision to try.
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My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
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The only reason to give a speech is to change the world.
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The only valid test of leadership is the ability to lead, and lead vigorously.
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Our task is not to fix blame for the past, but to fix the course for the future.
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Democracy may not be perfect, but at least I don’t have to build a wall to keep my people in.
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Politics is a jungle-torn between doing the right thing and staying in office.
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A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
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The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.
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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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There can be no progress if people have no faith in tomorrow.
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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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A boy spends his time finding a girl to sleep with. A real man spends his time looking for the one worth waking up to.
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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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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 world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.
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