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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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I want every American to be free to stand up for his rights, even if sometimes he has to sit down for them.
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[War] can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.
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The world has been close to war before - but now man, who has survived all previous threats to his existence, has taken into his mortal hands the power to exterminate the entire species some seven times over.
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Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.
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Time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life.
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No man who enters upon the office to which I have succeeded can fail to recognize how every president of the United States has placed special reliance upon his faith in God.
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Aggressive conduct, if allowed to go unchecked and unchallenged, ultimately leads to war.
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Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us.
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Just because we cannot see clearly te end of the road, that is no reason for not setting out on the essential journey.
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For a subject worked and reworked so often in novels, motion pictures, and television, American Indians remain probably the least understood and most misunderstood Americans of us all.
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I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.
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This country was founded by men and women who were dedicated or came to be dedicated to two propositions first, a strong religious conviction, and secondly a recognition that this conviction could flourish only under a system of freedom.
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I know there is a God - I see the storm coming and I see his hand in it - if he has a place then I am ready - we see the hand.
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Peace does not rest in charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of the people.
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We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves that is our only commitment to others.
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So let us begin anew - remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof
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I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty...an America which will reward achievement in the arts as we reward achievement in business or statecraft.
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