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.
JOHN F. KENNEDYMankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.
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No sane society chooses to commit national suicide.
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The only reason to give a speech is to change the world.
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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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A great change is at hand, and our task, our obligation, is to make that revolution, that change, peaceful and constructive for all.
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The war against hunger is truly mankind’s war of liberation.
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The supreme reality of our time is the vulnerability of this planet.
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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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The state is the servant of the citizen, and not his master.
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Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
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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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Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.
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The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.
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Great crises produce great men, and great deeds of courage.
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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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If not us, who? If not now, when?
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