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.
JOHN F. KENNEDYMy fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
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Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.
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The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.
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No President should fear public scrutiny of his program.
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Liberty without learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.
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Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.
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Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
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Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal.
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Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.
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One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.
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Don’t ask ‘Why’, ask instead, ‘Why not’.
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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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No sane society chooses to commit national suicide.
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Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
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Not everyone has equal abilities, but everyone should have equal opportunity for education.
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The supreme reality of our time is the vulnerability of this planet.
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