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When asked what I am most proud of, I stick out my chest, hold my head high and state proudly, 'I served in the United States Navy!'

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John F. Kennedy
Age: 46 †
Born: 1917
Born: May 29
Died: 1963
Died: November 22
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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 United States has to move very fast to even stand still.
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I know my Republican friends were glad to see my wife feeding an elephant in India. She gave him sugar and nuts. But of course the elephant wasn't satisfied.
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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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I believe in a president whose religious views are his own private affair, neither imposed by him upon the nation, or imposed by the nation upon him as a condition to holding that office.
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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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Our deep spiritual confidence that this nation will survive the perils of today - which may well be with us for decades to come - compels us to invest in our nation's future, to consider and meet our obligations to our children and the numberless generations that will follow.
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In addition, the United States Delegation will suggest a series of steps to improve the United Nations machinery for the peaceful settlement of disputes... - for extending the rule of international law. For peace is not solely a matter of military or technical problems - it is primarily a problem of politics and people.
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Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet.
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Should I become President...I will not risk American lives...by permitting any other nation to drag us into the wrong war at the wrong place at the wrong time through an unwise commitment that is unwise militarily, unnecessary to our security and unsupported by our allies.
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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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There's an old saying that victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.... I'm the responsible officer of the Government.
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In free society art is not a weapon...Artists are not engineers of the soul.
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Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.
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I will splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it into the winds.
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