We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others.
JOHN F. KENNEDYA nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
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Lets talk to one another instead of about one another.
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No President should fear public scrutiny of his program.
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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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Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.
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There can be no progress if people have no faith in tomorrow.
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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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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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In a time of turbulence and change, it is more true than ever that knowledge is power.
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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 only valid test of leadership is the ability to lead, and lead vigorously.
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A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
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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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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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If not us, who? If not now, when?
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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.
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The war against hunger is truly mankind’s war of liberation.
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The state is the servant of the citizen, and not his master.
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Don’t pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man.
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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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One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.
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The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.
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Only an educated and informed people will be a free people.
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History will never accept difficulties as an excuse.
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Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
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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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