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The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings.

John F. Kennedy

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John F. Kennedy
Age: 46 †
Born: 1917
Born: May 29
Died: 1963
Died: November 22
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Peaceful circulation has been interupted by barbed wire and concrete blocks. For a city or a people to be truly free, they must have the secure right, without economic, political or police pressure, to make their own choices and live their own lives.
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History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.
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Whatever one's religion in his private life may be, for the officeholder, nothing takes precedence over his oath to uphold the Constitution and all its parts - including the First Amendment and the strict separation of church and state.
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... the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy.
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A great change is at hand, and our task, our obligation, is to make that revolution, that change, peaceful and constructive for all.
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