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Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
John F. Kennedy
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John F. Kennedy
Age: 46 †
Born: 1917
Born: May 29
Died: 1963
Died: November 22
35Th U.S. President
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I see no magic in tax dollars which are sent to Washington and then returned. I abhor the waste and incompetence of large-scale federal bureaucracies in this administration as well as in others. I do not favor state compulsion when voluntary individual effort can do the job and do it well.
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Any danger spot is tenable if men, brave men, will make it so.
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The basis of effective government is public confidence.
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A medical revolution has extended the life of our elder citizens without providing the dignity and security those later years deserve.
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Acting on our own, by ourselves, we cannot establish justice throughout the world, but joined with other free nations, we can ... assist the developing nations to throw off the yoke of poverty.
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Our economy today depends upon women in the labor force. One out of three workers is a woman. Today, there are almost 25 million women employed, and their number is rising faster than the number of men in the labor force.
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So let us begin anew - remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof
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The mere absence of war is not peace.
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We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.
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Sometimes party loyalty asks too much.
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Immigration policy should be generous it should be fair it should be flexible. With such a policy we can turn to the world, and to our own past, with clean hands and a clear conscience.
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There is no sense in agreeing or desiring that the United States take an affirmative position in outer space, unless we are prepared to do the work and bear the burdens to make it successful.
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When consumers purchase more goods, plants use more of their capacity, men are hired instead of laid off, investment increases, and profits are high. Corporate tax rates must also be cut to increase incentives and the availability of investment capital.
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We have all seen these circus elephants complete with tusks, ivory in their head and thick skins, who move around the circus ring and grab the tail of the elephant ahead of them.
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Ask not what your community can do for you ask what your community can not do for anyone else.
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[War] can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.
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Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave.
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We go into space because whatever mankind must undertake, free men must fully share.
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The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.
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