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.
JOHN F. KENNEDYTruth 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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This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.
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Sometimes party loyalty asks too much.
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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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Hold fast to the best of the past and move fast to the best of the future.
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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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Great crises produce great men, and great deeds of courage.
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If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
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Don’t pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man.
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Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
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Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
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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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It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.
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Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.
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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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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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