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" A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living. Today's military rejects include tomorrow's hard-core unemployed. "
John F. Kennedy
Service
Tomorrow
Today
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" Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others. "
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" I am the Democratic Party's candidate for president who happens also to be a Catholic. I do not speak for my church on public matters - and the church does not speak for me. "
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" Modern cynics and skeptics... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a smaller wage than is paid to those to whom they entrust the care of their plumbing. "
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" The pay is good and I can walk to work. "
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" Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly. "
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" Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. "
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" Sure it's a big job; but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can. "
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" The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life. "
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" A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten. "
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" We stand today on the edge of a new frontier - the frontier of the 1960's - a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils - a frontier of unfulfilled hopes and threats. "
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" Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. "
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