No sane society chooses to commit national suicide.
JOHN F. KENNEDYVictory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.
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Politics is a jungle-torn between doing the right thing and staying in office.
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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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The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.
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History will never accept difficulties as an excuse.
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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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Hold fast to the best of the past and move fast to the best of 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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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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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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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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A boy spends his time finding a girl to sleep with. A real man spends his time looking for the one worth waking up to.
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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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The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.
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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 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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