John F. Kennedy on freedom
John F. Kennedy104 quotes“The best road to progress is freedom’s road.”
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Sometimes party loyalty asks too much.
John F. KennedyJohn F. Kennedy The rising tide lifts all the boats.
John F. KennedyJohn F. Kennedy 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.
John F. KennedyJohn F. Kennedy 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.
John F. KennedyJohn F. Kennedy The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.
John F. KennedyJohn F. Kennedy If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
John F. KennedyJohn F. Kennedy If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
John F. KennedyJohn F. Kennedy Don’t ask ‘Why’, ask instead, ‘Why not’.
John F. KennedyJohn F. Kennedy 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.
John F. KennedyJohn F. Kennedy The only reason to give a speech is to change the world.
John F. KennedyJohn F. Kennedy Justice delayed is democracy denied.
John F. KennedyJohn F. Kennedy Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.
John F. KennedyJohn F. Kennedy The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.
John F. KennedyJohn F. Kennedy It is insane that two men, sitting on opposite sides of the world, should be able to decide to bring an end to civilization.
John F. KennedyJohn F. Kennedy Those who do nothing are inviting shame as well as violence. Those who act boldly are recognizing right as well as reality.
John F. KennedyJohn F. Kennedy 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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Censoring what you say is one of the ways in which people who are not nice can take away your personal freedom.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa New ideas are created when they can be discussed freely, but if there is a correct view then you cease to have new ideas.
Margaret ThatcherMargaret Thatcher If we can’t be free at least we can be cheap.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa We pretend to be a free society, and we pretend to be an adult society, but if you look at the facts, our news is just as contrived, and controlled as Pravda!
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa Once you free yourself from the meanness of the mind, an indiscriminate sense of love and inclusion arises.
SadhguruSadhguru Ethics is the triumph of freedom over facticity.
Simone de BeauvoirSimone de Beauvoir None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Freedom is participation in power.
Marcus Tullius CiceroMarcus Tullius Cicero
