It is insane that two men, sitting on opposite sides of the world, should be able to decide to bring an end to civilization.
JOHN F. KENNEDYDemocracy may not be perfect, but at least I don’t have to build a wall to keep my people in.
More John F. Kennedy Quotes
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The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.
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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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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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Hold fast to the best of the past and move fast to the best of the future.
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Only an educated and informed people will be a free people.
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Justice delayed is democracy denied.
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Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
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We must abolish nuclear weapons, or they will abolish us.
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Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.
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This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.
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Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal.
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Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.
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The state is the servant of the citizen, and not his master.
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There can be no progress if people have no faith in tomorrow.
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Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.
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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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The best road to progress is freedom’s road.
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Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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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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The cost of freedom is always high.
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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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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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Liberty without learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.
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The only reason to give a speech is to change the world.
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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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