There 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.
JOHN F. KENNEDYMy call is not to those who believe they belong to the past. My call is to those who believe in the future.
More John F. Kennedy Quotes
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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 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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A child miseducated is a child lost.
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Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
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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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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 make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
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Democracy is never a final achievement. It is a call to an untiring effort.
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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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There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.
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The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.
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The best road to progress is freedom’s road.
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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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The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.
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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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