The state is the servant of the citizen, and not his master.
JOHN F. KENNEDYThere are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.
More John F. Kennedy Quotes
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Our task is not to fix blame for the past, but to fix the course for the future.
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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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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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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 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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Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
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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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The only valid test of leadership is the ability to lead, and lead vigorously.
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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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Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.
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I would rather be accused of breaking precedents than breaking promises.
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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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There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.
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This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.
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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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