We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others.
JOHN F. KENNEDYHistory will never accept difficulties as an excuse.
More John F. Kennedy Quotes
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Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
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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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Persons are judged to be great because of the positive qualities they possess, not because of the absence of faults.
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Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.
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Only an educated and informed people will be a free people.
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There can be no progress if people have no faith in tomorrow.
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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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We must abolish nuclear weapons, or they will abolish us.
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Not everyone has equal abilities, but everyone should have equal opportunity for education.
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Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
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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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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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The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.
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Great crises produce great men, and great deeds of courage.
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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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Lets talk to one another instead of about one another.
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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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History will never accept difficulties as an excuse.
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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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No sane society chooses to commit national suicide.
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Here on earth, God’s work must surely be our own.
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The rising tide lifts all the boats.
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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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If not us, who? If not now, when?
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To those whom much is given, much is expected.
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A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.
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