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I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party's candidate for President, who happens also to be a Catholic.

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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My fellow Americans, let us take that first step. Let us...step back from the shadow of war and seek out the way of peace. And if that journey is a thousand miles, or even more, let history record that we, in this land, at this time, took the first step.
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What really counts is not the immediate act of courage or of valor, but those who bear the struggle day in and day out - not the sunshine patriots but those who are willing to stand for a long period of time.
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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 for they determine whether we use power or power uses us.
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You're in there with me. Personally.
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The world knows that America will never start a war. This generation of Americans has had enough of war and hate... we want to build a world of peace where the weak are secure and the strong are just.
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A tired nation, said David Lloyd George, is a Tory nation, and the United States today cannot afford to be either tired or Tory.
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The US Airforce assures me that UFO's pose no threat to National Security.
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The guiding principle of this Nation has been, is now, and ever shall be IN GOD WE TRUST.
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There is, of course, a legitimate argument for some limitation upon immigration. We no longer need settlers for virgin lands, and our economy is expanding more slowly than in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
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I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end... where every man has the same right to attend or not attend the church of his choice.
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The exploration of space will go ahead, whether we join in it or not, and it is one of the great adventures of all time, and no nation which expects to be the leader of other nations can expect to stay behind in this race for space.
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When asked what I am most proud of, I stick out my chest, hold my head high and state proudly, 'I served in the United States Navy!'
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If I had to live my life over again, I would have a different father, a different wife and a different religion.
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The only reason to give a speech is to change the world.
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Aggressive conduct, if allowed to go unchecked and unchallenged, ultimately leads to war.
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Art establishes the basic human truths which must serve as the touchstones of our judgement. The artist... faithful to his personal vision of reality, becomes the last champion of the individual mind and sensibility against an intrusive society and an offensive state.
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One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.
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And this Nation, for all its hopes and all its boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free.
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I hear it said that West Berlin is militarily untenable - and so was Bastogne, and so, in fact, was Stalingrad. Any danger spot is tenable if men - brave men - will make it so.
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