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Don't ask 'Why', ask instead, 'Why not'.

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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Here on earth, God's work must surely be our own.
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Harvard gave me an education, but Junior Chamber gave me an education for life.
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Those [presidents] who were strongest intellectually were also strongest spiritually.
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