If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
When at some future date the high court of history sits in judgment on each one of us recording whether in our brief span of service we fulfilled our responsibilities to the state our success or failure, in whatever office we may hold, will be measured by the answers to four questions were we truly men of courage.. Were we truly men of judgment.. Were we truly men of integrity.. Were we truly men of dedication
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Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.
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We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.
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I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times.
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My father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches, but I never believed it till now. (On steel industry executives who increased prices)
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Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education.
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There are three things which are real God, human folly, and laughter. The first two are beyond our comprehension. So we must do what we can with the third.
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Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.
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Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.
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Above all, we are coming to understand that the arts incarnate the creativity of a free people. When the creative impulse cannot flourish, when it cannot freely select its methods and objects, when it is deprived of spontaneity, then society severs the root of art.
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I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.
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What do the nationalists say about killers punishing murderers and thieves sentencing looters?
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The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment but it is no less than a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.
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Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors.
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