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. KENNEDYEvery accomplishment starts with the decision to try.
More John F. Kennedy Quotes
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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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A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.
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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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If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
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Don’t ask ‘Why’, ask instead, ‘Why not’.
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It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.
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I would rather be accused of breaking precedents than breaking promises.
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To those whom much is given, much is expected.
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Liberty without learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.
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The only valid test of leadership is the ability to lead, and lead vigorously.
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The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is unchangeable or certain.
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Anyone who can solve the problems of water will be worthy of two Nobel prizes – one for peace and one for science.
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The war against hunger is truly mankind’s war of liberation.
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The problem of power is how to achieve its responsible use rather than its irresponsible and indulgent use; of how to get men of power to live for the public rather than off the public.
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Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
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