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.
JOHN F. KENNEDYSometimes party loyalty asks too much.
More John F. Kennedy Quotes
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Democracy is never a final achievement. It is a call to an untiring effort.
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Politics is a jungle-torn between doing the right thing and staying in office.
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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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Persons are judged to be great because of the positive qualities they possess, not because of the absence of faults.
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The rising tide lifts all the boats.
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This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.
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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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A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.
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No President should fear public scrutiny of his program.
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The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
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There can be no progress if people have no faith in tomorrow.
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I would rather be accused of breaking precedents than breaking promises.
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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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The only valid test of leadership is the ability to lead, and lead vigorously.
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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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