My call is not to those who believe they belong to the past. My call is to those who believe in the future.
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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The rising tide lifts all the boats.
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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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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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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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If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
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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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Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.
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The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is unchangeable or certain.
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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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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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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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The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
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If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be of no help.
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We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.
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We need people who can dream of things that never were.
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If not us, who? If not now, when?
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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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The future promise of any nation can be directly measured by the present prospects of its youth.
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A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.
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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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The supreme reality of our time is the vulnerability of this planet.
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The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.
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Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.
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Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
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