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A committee is twelve men doing the work of one.
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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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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To each of us is entrusted the heavy responsibility of guiding the affairs of a democratic nation founded on Christian ideals.
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probably the greatest concentration of talent and genius in this house except for perhaps those times when Thomas Jefferson ate alone.
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We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.
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I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty, which will protect the beauty of our natural environment, which will preserve the great old American houses and squares and parks of our national past and which will build handsome and balanced cities for our future.
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I would rather be accused of breaking precedents than breaking promises.
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If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
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We can have faith in the future only if we have faith in ourselves.
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I do not speak for my church on public matters and the church does not speak for me.
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For I can assure you that we love our country, not for what it was, though it has always been great - not for what it is, though of this we are deeply proud - but for what it someday can, and, through the efforts of us all, someday will be.
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Our economy today depends upon women in the labor force. One out of three workers is a woman. Today, there are almost 25 million women employed, and their number is rising faster than the number of men in the labor force.
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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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We want to be first not first if, not first but but first!
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[High income tax rates] not only check consumption but discourage investment and encourage...the avoidance of taxes [rather] than the production of goods.[...]Our present tax system...reduces the financial incentives for personal effort, investment, and risk-taking.
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