John F. Kennedy Quotes

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

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This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.

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One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.

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Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

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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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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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If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

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Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

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The Republican Party can lead any person to believe that their promises will be fulfilled in the future. They follow the Hitler line – no matter how big the lie; repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as truth.

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Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

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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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Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

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Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.

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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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My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

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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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There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.

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Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

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We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.

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There can be no progress if people have no faith in tomorrow.

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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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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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Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

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It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.

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Never let your fears hold you back from pursuing your hopes.

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Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

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We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future.

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A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.

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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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As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

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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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If by a "Liberal," they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people - their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties - someone who believes that we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal," then I'm proud to say that I'm a "Liberal."

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Automation does not need to be our enemy. I think machines can make life easier for men, if men do not let the machines dominate them.

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You never know what's hit you. A gunshot is the perfect way.

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Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.

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We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came.

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Only an educated and informed people will be a free people.

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The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.

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The weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us.

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Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

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We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.

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Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom.

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Sometimes party loyalty asks too much.

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The state is the servant of the citizen, and not his master.

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Economic growth without social progress lets the great majority of the people remain in poverty, while a privileged few reap the benefits of rising abundance.

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War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.

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Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

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Lets talk to one another instead of about one another.

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