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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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Democracy is the superior form of government, because it is based on a respect for man as a reasonable being.
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Ask not that the journey be easy ask instead that it be worth it.
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We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.
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To those whom much is given, much is expected.
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Failure has no friends.
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A country is as strong, really, as its citizens. And I think that mental and physical health - mental and physical vigor - go hand in hand.
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When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
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An economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough jobs or enough profits
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... the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy.
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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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Be strong and of good courage be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed.
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Members of the Congress, the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress. We are all trustees for the American people, custodians of the American heritage. It is my task to report the State of the Union--to improve it is the task of us all.
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We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination.
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This is not the land of my birth, but it is the land for which I hold the greatest affection, and I certainly will come back in the springtime
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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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I can evade questions without help what I need is answers
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