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My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight.
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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Those who came before us made certain that this country rode the first waves of the industrial revolution, the first waves of modern invention and the first wave of nuclear power. And this generation does not intend to founder in the backwash of the coming age of space. We mean to be part of it-we mean to lead it.
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... the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy.
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It's only when they join together in a forward movement that this country moves ahead.
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There is an old saying that the course of civilization is a race between catastrophe and education. In a democracy such as ours, we must make sure that education wins the race.
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There's an old saying. Never send a boy to do a man's job, send a lady.
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We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation.
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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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Neither smiles nor frowns, neither good intentions nor harsh words, are a substitute for strength.
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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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We are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence — on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day
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Those who do nothing are inviting shame as well as violence. Those who act boldly are recognizing right as well as reality.
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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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Aggressive conduct, if allowed to go unchecked and unchallenged, ultimately leads to war.
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For without belittling the courage with which men have died, we should not forget those acts of courage with which men have lived.
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To sound the alarm is not to panic but to seek action from an aroused public.
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There is, in addition to a courage with which men die a courage by which men must live.
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Libraries should be open to all - except the censor. [Response to questionnaire in Saturday Review, October 29 1960]
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If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be deterred.
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The basis of effective government is public confidence, and that confidence is endangered when ethical standards falter or appear to falter.
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