John F. Kennedy was the victim of the hate that was a part of our country. It is a disease that occupies the minds of the few but brings danger to the many.
LYNDON B. JOHNSONBeing president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There’s nothing to do but to stand there and take it.
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The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure.
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This right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless. It gives people, people as individuals, control over their own destinies.
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The land flourished because it was fed from so many sources–because it was nourished by so many cultures and traditions and peoples.
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Jerry Ford is so dumb he can’t walk and chew gum at the same time. He’s a nice fellow, but he spent too much time playing football without a helmet.
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Education is the key to opportunity in our society, and the equality of educational opportunity must be the birthright of every citizen.
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When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor.
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No national sovereignty rules in outer space. Those who venture there go as envoys of the entire human race. Their quest, therefore, must be for all mankind, and what they find should belong to all mankind.
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In a nation of millions and a world of billions, the individual is still the first and basic agent of change.
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I will not seek, and I will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your president.
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As man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor?
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Free speech, free press, free religion, the right of free assembly, yes, the right of petition. Well, they are still radical ideas.
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We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.
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Any man who’s not willing to take half a loaf in a negotiation, well, that man never went to bed hungry.
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Life is never easy. There is work to be done and obligations to be met – obligations to truth, to justice, and to liberty.
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The Russians feared Ike. They didn’t fear me.
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