Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.
JOHN F. KENNEDYMy fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
More John F. Kennedy Quotes
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Don’t ask ‘Why’, ask instead, ‘Why not’.
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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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It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.
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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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Only an educated and informed people will be a free people.
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The cost of freedom is always high.
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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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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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Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
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If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be of no help.
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Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
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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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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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Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.
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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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Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.
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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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The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.
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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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This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.
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I would rather be accused of breaking precedents than breaking promises.
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We have the ability, as members of the human race, we have the means, we have the capacity to eliminate hunger from the face of the earth in our lifetime. We only need the will.
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We must abolish nuclear weapons, or they will abolish us.
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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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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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