| 75 Famous Quotes by John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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“The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.”
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“Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future”
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“We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.”
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“Only in the case of the Negro has the melting pot failed to bring a minority into the full stream of American life”
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“My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man”
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“If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries. These libraries should be open to all—except the censor. We must know all the facts and hear all the alternatives and listen to all the criticisms. Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors. For the Bill of Rights is the guardian of our security as well as our liberty.”
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“We choose to go...not because [it is] easy, but because [it is] hard, because that goal will serve to measure and organize the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win.”
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“In giving rights to others which belong to them, we give rights to ourselves and to our country”
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“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.”
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“I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the source of national action, the human heart as the source of national compassion, and in the human mind as the source of our invention and our ideas”
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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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“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names”
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“Sometimes party loyalty asks too much”
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“If it wasn't for dogs, some people would never go for a walk.”
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“We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient; that we are only 6 percent of the world's population; 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 time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.”
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“My experience in government is that when things are non-controversial and beautifully coordinated, there is not much going on”
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“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”
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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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“I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the source of national action, the human heart as the source of national compassion, and in the human mind as the source of our invention and our ideas”
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“Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.”
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“Only in the case of the Negro has the melting pot failed to bring a minority into the full stream of American 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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“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty.”
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“A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers”
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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