There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.
JOHN F. KENNEDYThe 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.
More John F. Kennedy Quotes
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Don’t pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man.
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Democracy is never a final achievement. It is a call to an untiring effort.
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No sane society chooses to commit national suicide.
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Politics is a jungle-torn between doing the right thing and staying in office.
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Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
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A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.
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My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
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We must abolish nuclear weapons, or they will abolish us.
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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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Each success brings with it the potential of failure and each failure brings with it the potential of success.
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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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The only reason to give a speech is to change the world.
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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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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.
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One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.
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