Great crises produce great men, and great deeds of courage.
JOHN F. KENNEDYOur most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal.
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The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.
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The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
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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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Not everyone has equal abilities, but everyone should have equal opportunity for education.
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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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I would rather be accused of breaking precedents than breaking promises.
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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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Truth is a tyrant-the only tyrant to whom we can give our allegiance. The service of truth is a matter of heroism.
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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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To those whom much is given, much is expected.
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This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.
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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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Our task is not to fix blame for the past, but to fix the course for the future.
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The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
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A child miseducated is a child lost.
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A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.
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The war against hunger is truly mankind’s war of liberation.
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Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.
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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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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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Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
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Those who do nothing are inviting shame as well as violence. Those who act boldly are recognizing right as well as reality.
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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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We need people who can dream of things that never were.
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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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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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