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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.
John F. Kennedy
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
John F. Kennedy
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If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help
make the world safe for diversity.
John F. Kennedy
Let us think of education as the means of developing our
greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private
hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into
benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation.
John F. Kennedy
Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without
liberty is always in vain.
John F. Kennedy
Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by
man. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.
John F. Kennedy
So, let us not be blind to our differences - but let us also
direct attention to our common interests and to the means by
which those differences can be resolved.
John F. Kennedy
The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an
inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to
build greatly.
John F. Kennedy
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The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of
your powers along lines of excellence.
John F. Kennedy
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The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie --
deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent,
persuasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the
comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
John F. Kennedy
The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to
plant a tree. The gardener objected that the tree was slow
growing and would not reach maturity for 100 years. The
Marshall replied, 'In that case, there is no time to lose;
plant it this afternoon!'
John F. Kennedy
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The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
John F. Kennedy
There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are
far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable
inaction.
John F. Kennedy
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Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern
charm.
John F. Kennedy
We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch.
John F. Kennedy
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We set sail on this new sea because there is knowledge to be
gained.
John F. Kennedy
We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves;
that is our only commitment to others.
John F. Kennedy
When we got into office, the thing that surprised me the most
was that things were as bad as we'd been saying they were.
John F. Kennedy
The men who create power make an indispensable contribution to
the Nation’s greatness, but the men who question power make a
contribution just as indispensable, especially when that
questioning is disinterested, for they determine whether we
use power or power uses us.
John F. Kennedy, Amherst College, Oct 26, 1963 - Source JFK
Library, Boston, Mass.
...probably the greatest concentration of talent and genius in
this house except for perhaps those times when Thomas
Jefferson ate alone.
John F. Kennedy, Describing a dinner for Nobel Prize winners,
1962
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make
violent revolution inevitable.
John F. Kennedy, In a speech at the White House, 1962
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And so, my fellow americans: ask not what your country can do
for you - ask what you can do for your country. My fellow
citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you,
but what together we can do for the freedom of man.
John F. Kennedy, Inaugural address, January 20, 1961
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If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot
save the few who are rich.
John F. Kennedy, inaugural address, January 20, 1961
We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it
is a form of truth.
John F. Kennedy, October 26, 1963
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For in the final analysis, our most basic common link, is that
we all inhabit this small planet, we all breathe the same air,
we all cherish our children's futures, and we are all mortal.
John F. Kennedy, Speech at The American University,
Washington, D.C., June 10, 1963
Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by
man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human
destiny is beyond human beings.
John F. Kennedy, speech at The American University,
Washington, D.C., June 10, 1963
The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security
of all.
John F. Kennedy, speech at Vanderbilt University, May 18, 1963
All of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt
in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have
salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to
the ocean. And when we go back to the sea -- whether it is to
sail or to watch it -- we are going back from whence we came.
John F. Kennedy, Speech given at Newport at the dinner before
the America's Cup Races, September 1962
We need men who can dream of things that never were.
John F. Kennedy, speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963
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