Truth is a tyrant-the only tyrant to whom we can give our allegiance. The service of truth is a matter of heroism.
JOHN F. KENNEDYHistory will never accept difficulties as an excuse.
More John F. Kennedy Quotes
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Our task is not to fix blame for the past, but to fix the course for the future.
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Politics is a jungle-torn between doing the right thing and staying in office.
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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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Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.
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Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.
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Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
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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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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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The state is the servant of the citizen, and not his master.
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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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The best road to progress is freedom’s road.
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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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Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
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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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My call is not to those who believe they belong to the past. My call is to those who believe in the future.
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