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" The United States has to move very fast to even stand still. "
John F. Kennedy
Stand
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" Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. "
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" A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and that is the basis of all human morality. "
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" The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were. "
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" I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris, and I have enjoyed it. "
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" The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth. "
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" 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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" I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party's candidate for President, who happens also to be a Catholic. "
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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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" We must use time as a tool, not as a couch. "
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" The human mind is our fundamental resource. "
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" There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair. "
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" I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity. "
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" If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. "
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" 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. "
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" Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace. "
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" History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside. "
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