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.
JOHN F. KENNEDYThe rising tide lifts all the boats.
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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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Each success brings with it the potential of failure and each failure brings with it the potential of success.
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Political action is the highest responsibility of a citizen.
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The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is unchangeable or certain.
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There are three things in life which are real: God, human folly and laughter. Since the first two are beyond our comprehension, we must do what we can with the third.
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Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.
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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 rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
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Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
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The best road to progress is freedom’s road.
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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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There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.
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No sane society chooses to commit national suicide.
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Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
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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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