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.
JOHN F. KENNEDYThere 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.
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Democracy may not be perfect, but at least I don’t have to build a wall to keep my people in.
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My call is not to those who believe they belong to the past. My call is to those who believe in the future.
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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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Not everyone has equal abilities, but everyone should have equal opportunity for education.
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If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
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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 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.
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One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.
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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.
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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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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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Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
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Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
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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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