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.
JOHN F. KENNEDYEconomic 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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It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.
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There can be no progress if people have no faith in tomorrow.
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The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.
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We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others.
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We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future.
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We must abolish nuclear weapons, or they will abolish us.
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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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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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Justice delayed is democracy denied.
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Those who do nothing are inviting shame as well as violence. Those who act boldly are recognizing right as well as reality.
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A boy spends his time finding a girl to sleep with. A real man spends his time looking for the one worth waking up to.
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A tax cut means higher family income and higher business profits and a balanced federal budget.
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The cost of freedom is always high.
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The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
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We have the ability, as members of the human race, we have the means, we have the capacity to eliminate hunger from the face of the earth in our lifetime. We only need the will.
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