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.
JOHN F. KENNEDYTolerance implies no lack of commitment to one’s own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.
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Political action is the highest responsibility of a citizen.
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No sane society chooses to commit national suicide.
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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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There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.
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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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Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.
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No President should fear public scrutiny of his program.
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This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.
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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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A great change is at hand, and our task, our obligation, is to make that revolution, that change, peaceful and constructive for all.
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The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
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The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.
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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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Hold fast to the best of the past and move fast to the best of the future.
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A boy spends his time finding a girl to sleep with. A real man spends his time looking for the one worth waking up to.
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