The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.
JOHN F. KENNEDYThe only reason to give a speech is to change the world.
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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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Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.
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Democracy is never a final achievement. It is a call to an untiring effort.
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Each success brings with it the potential of failure and each failure brings with it the potential of success.
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The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
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No sane society chooses to commit national suicide.
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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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This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.
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We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.
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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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Our task is not to fix blame for the past, but to fix the course for the future.
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Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.
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We must abolish nuclear weapons, or they will abolish us.
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A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
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It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.
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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 future promise of any nation can be directly measured by the present prospects of its youth.
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Politics is a jungle-torn between doing the right thing and staying in office.
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It is insane that two men, sitting on opposite sides of the world, should be able to decide to bring an end to civilization.
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There can be no progress if people have no faith in tomorrow.
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The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.
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Great crises produce great men, and great deeds of courage.
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A great change is at hand, and our task, our obligation, is to make that revolution, that change, peaceful and constructive for all.
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A child miseducated is a child lost.
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Sincerity is always subject to proof.
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