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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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The complacent, the self-indulgent, the soft societies are about to be swept away with the debris of history. Only the strong, only the industrious, only the determined, only the courageous, only the visionary who determine the real nature of our struggle can possibly survive.
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It was involuntary. They sank my boat.
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Lower rates of taxation will stimulate economic activity and so raise the levels of personal and corporate income as to yield within a few years an increased - not a reduced - flow of revenues to the federal government.
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There has also been a change - a slippage - in our intellectual and moral strength. Seven lean years of drouth and famine have withered a field of ideas.
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If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
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In the dark days and darker nights when England stood alone-and most men save Englishmen despaired of England's life-he [Churchill] mobilized the English language and sent it into battle.
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At the start of 2005 the idea of downloading a song to a mobile phone was an idea, by the end of the year it was a reality.
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I think the success of any school can be measured by the contribution the alumni make to our national life.
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If anyone is crazy enough to want to kill a president of the United States, he can do it. All he must be prepared to do is give his life for the president's.
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The Federal Budget can and should be made an instrument of prosperity and stability, not a deterrent to recovery.
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The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
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Never let your fears hold you back from pursuing your hopes.
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If at times our actions seem to make life difficult for others, it is only because history has made life difficult for us all.
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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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I look forward to an america in which commands respect throughout the world, not only for its strength, but for its civilization as well. And I look forward to a world in which we will be safe not only for democracy and diversity but also for personal distinction.
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For if Freedom and Communism were to compete for mans allegiance in a world at peace, I would look to the future with ever increasing confidence.
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Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.
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The great free nations of the world must take control of our monetary problems if these problems are not to take control of us.
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I see little more important to the future of our country and our civilization than the full recognition of the place of the artist.
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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.
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