Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one’s own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.
JOHN F. KENNEDYNo 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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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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As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
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Sometimes party loyalty asks too much.
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Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
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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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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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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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Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be inevitable.
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We must abolish nuclear weapons, or they will abolish us.
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Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
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The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
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To those whom much is given, much is expected.
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If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
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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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