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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Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
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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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Our task is not to fix blame for the past, but to fix the course for the future.
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Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
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The supreme reality of our time is the vulnerability of this planet.
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Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
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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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Here on earth, God’s work must surely be our own.
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No President should fear public scrutiny of his program.
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It is insane that two men, sitting on opposite sides of the world, should be able to decide to bring an end to civilization.
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Sometimes party loyalty asks too much.
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Never let your fears hold you back from pursuing your hopes.
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Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.
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Economic 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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If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
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