No responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standard of ethical behavior for those who conduct the public business.
JOHN F. KENNEDYOne person can make a difference, and everyone should try.
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The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is unchangeable or certain.
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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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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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The state is the servant of the citizen, and not his master.
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Sometimes party loyalty asks too much.
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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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Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
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The best road to progress is freedom’s road.
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If not us, who? If not now, when?
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The only reason to give a speech is to change the world.
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Don’t ask ‘Why’, ask instead, ‘Why not’.
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Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.
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Not everyone has equal abilities, but everyone should have equal opportunity for education.
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No President should fear public scrutiny of his program.
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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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Politics is a jungle-torn between doing the right thing and staying in office.
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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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Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.
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Political action is the highest responsibility of a citizen.
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To those whom much is given, much is expected.
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Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.
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No sane society chooses to commit national suicide.
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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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Great crises produce great men, and great deeds of courage.
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The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.
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The rising tide lifts all the boats.
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