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. KENNEDYEvery accomplishment starts with the decision to try.
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One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.
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If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be of no help.
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Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.
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Ask not that the journey be easy; ask instead that it be worth it.
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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.
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Don’t pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man.
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We must abolish nuclear weapons, or they will abolish us.
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Only an educated and informed people will be a free people.
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Don’t ask ‘Why’, ask instead, ‘Why not’.
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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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Democracy may not be perfect, but at least I don’t have to build a wall to keep my people in.
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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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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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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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Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one’s own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.
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