Ask not that the journey be easy; ask instead that it be worth it.
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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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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This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.
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The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.
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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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It is insane that two men, sitting on opposite sides of the world, should be able to decide to bring an end to civilization.
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Sometimes party loyalty asks too much.
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Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.
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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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There can be no progress if people have no faith in tomorrow.
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I would rather be accused of breaking precedents than breaking promises.
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Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
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We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future.
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The future promise of any nation can be directly measured by the present prospects of its youth.
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Here on earth, God’s work must surely be our own.
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Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
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