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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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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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Our children and grandchildren are not merely statistics towards which we can be indifferent.
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Libraries should be open to all - except the censor. [Response to questionnaire in Saturday Review, October 29 1960]
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... the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy.
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Never let your fears hold you back from pursuing your hopes.
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Whatever one's religion in his private life may be, for the officeholder, nothing takes precedence over his oath to uphold the Constitution and all its parts - including the First Amendment and the strict separation of church and state.
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Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.
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I suppose if you could have only one thing, it would be that-energy. Without it, you haven't got a thing.
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The United States has to move very fast to even stand still.
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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. Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate. Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us.
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Immigration policy should be generous it should be fair it should be flexible. With such a policy we can turn to the world, and to our own past, with clean hands and a clear conscience.
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A committee is twelve men doing the work of one.
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We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient, that we cannot impose our will upon the other 94 percent of mankind, that we cannot right every wrong or reverse every adversity, and that therefore there cannot be an American solution to every world problem.
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The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.
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Show me a man with a great golf game, and I’ll show you a man who has been neglecting something.
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First I believe that this Nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon.
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Every president has taken comfort and courage when told...that the Lord will be with thee. He will not fail thee nor forsake thee. Fear not-neither be thou dismayed.
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If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
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The processes of growth are gradual, bearing fruit in a decade, not a day.
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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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