Hold fast to the best of the past and move fast to the best of the future.
JOHN F. KENNEDYThe only valid test of leadership is the ability to lead, and lead vigorously.
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Anyone who can solve the problems of water will be worthy of two Nobel prizes – one for peace and one for science.
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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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It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.
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Liberty without learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.
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A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.
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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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The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
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Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.
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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 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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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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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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Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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Sometimes party loyalty asks too much.
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Sincerity is always subject to proof.
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Politics is a jungle-torn between doing the right thing and staying in office.
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There can be no progress if people have no faith in tomorrow.
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The cost of freedom is always high.
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No President should fear public scrutiny of his program.
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History will never accept difficulties as an excuse.
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This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.
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Don’t ask ‘Why’, ask instead, ‘Why not’.
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We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.
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Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
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Justice delayed is democracy denied.
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Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
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