Those who do nothing are inviting shame as well as violence. Those who act boldly are recognizing right as well as reality.
JOHN F. KENNEDYWe stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others.
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Politics is a jungle-torn between doing the right thing and staying in office.
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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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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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Political action is the highest responsibility of a citizen.
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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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There can be no progress if people have no faith in tomorrow.
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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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Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
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A tax cut means higher family income and higher business profits and a balanced federal budget.
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Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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Sincerity is always subject to proof.
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A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.
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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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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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Great crises produce great men, and great deeds of courage.
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The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.
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The supreme reality of our time is the vulnerability of this planet.
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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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If not us, who? If not now, when?
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We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.
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Ask not that the journey be easy; ask instead that it be worth it.
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Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
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No sane society chooses to commit national suicide.
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The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.
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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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In a time of turbulence and change, it is more true than ever that knowledge is power.
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