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" We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came. "
John F. Kennedy
Back
Ocean
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" Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process. "
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" Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder. "
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" I'm an idealist without illusions. "
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" A child miseducated is a child lost. "
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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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" The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions, the mobility and flow of risk capital... the ease or difficulty experienced by new ventures in obtaining capital, and thereby the strength and potential for growth in the economy. "
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" Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce. "
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" 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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" 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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" 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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" My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. "
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" If anyone is crazy enough to want to kill a president of the United States, he can do it. All he must be prepared to do is give his life for the president's. "
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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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" 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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" Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. "
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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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" Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. "
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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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" I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians. "
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" Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly. "
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" Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. "
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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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" No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for America, there are no white or colored signs on the foxholes or graveyards of battle. "
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" Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future. "
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