Democracy may not be perfect, but at least I don’t have to build a wall to keep my people in.
JOHN F. KENNEDYThis country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.
More John F. Kennedy Quotes
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Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.
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If not us, who? If not now, when?
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Don’t ask ‘Why’, ask instead, ‘Why not’.
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Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be inevitable.
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Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
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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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Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
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The supreme reality of our time is the vulnerability of this planet.
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One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.
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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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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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A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.
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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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No President should fear public scrutiny of his program.
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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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Don’t pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man.
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The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.
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Politics is a jungle-torn between doing the right thing and staying in office.
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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 unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.
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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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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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We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others.
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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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Lets talk to one another instead of about one another.
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We must abolish nuclear weapons, or they will abolish us.
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