Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.
JOHN F. KENNEDYDemocracy may not be perfect, but at least I don’t have to build a wall to keep my people in.
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The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.
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So long as freedom from hunger is only half achieved, so long as two thirds of the nations have food deficits, no citizen, no nation can afford to be satisfied.
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The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.
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Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
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Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.
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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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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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It is insane that two men, sitting on opposite sides of the world, should be able to decide to bring an end to civilization.
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The only valid test of leadership is the ability to lead, and lead vigorously.
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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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Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.
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We need people who can dream of things that never were.
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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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