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" If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. "
John F. Kennedy
Rich
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Poor
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" There are many people in the world who really don't understand-or say they don't-what is the great issue between the free world and the Communist world. Let them come to Berlin! "
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" In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it. "
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" Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all. "
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" In a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon it will be an entire nation. For all of us must work to put him there. "
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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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" Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us. "
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" A child miseducated is a child lost. "
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" When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we'd been saying they were. "
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" The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy. "
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" We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us thru that darkness to a safe and sane future. "
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Future
Candle
Light
" Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly. "
John F. Kennedy
Those
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" Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate. "
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" All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words 'Ich bin ein Berliner!' "
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Words
Live
" Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal. "
John F. Kennedy
Future
Society
Air
" Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings. "
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Destiny
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" We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. "
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Truth
Values
People
" Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom. "
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Adversity
Home
Hope
" 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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Today
Edge
Stand
" 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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Alone
Knowledge
White
" I just received the following wire from my generous Daddy; Dear Jack, Don't buy a single vote more than is necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide. "
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Single
Just
Going
" The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings. "
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Society
People
Open
" When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses. "
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Arrogance
Diversity
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" A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. "
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May
Man
" War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today. "
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Reputation
Day
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" Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House. "
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You
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Responsibility
" If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. "
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" When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity. "
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Crisis
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" I hope that no American will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant. "
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Vote
Voting
Will
" Khrushchev reminds me of the tiger hunter who has picked a place on the wall to hang the tiger's skin long before he has caught the tiger. This tiger has other ideas. "
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Me
Tiger
" Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. "
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Conformity
Enemy
Freedom