The only valid test of leadership is the ability to lead, and lead vigorously.
JOHN F. KENNEDYThe only reason to give a speech is to change the world.
More John F. Kennedy Quotes
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No President should fear public scrutiny of his program.
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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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Don’t ask ‘Why’, ask instead, ‘Why not’.
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I would rather be accused of breaking precedents than breaking promises.
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Here on earth, God’s work must surely be our own.
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Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
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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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The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
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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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Hold fast to the best of the past and move fast to the best of the future.
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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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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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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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If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be of no help.
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The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
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