The state is the servant of the citizen, and not his master.
JOHN F. KENNEDYWealth 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.
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Ask not that the journey be easy; ask instead that it be worth it.
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Lets talk to one another instead of about one another.
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Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.
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Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.
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A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.
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Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.
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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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A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
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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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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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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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Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.
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The war against hunger is truly mankind’s war of liberation.
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Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be inevitable.
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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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We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.
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The only valid test of leadership is the ability to lead, and lead vigorously.
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Hold fast to the best of the past and move fast to the best of the future.
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Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
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The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.
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Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.
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Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
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No sane society chooses to commit national suicide.
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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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Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one’s own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.
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