John F. Kennedy Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“I would rather be accused of breaking precedents than breaking promises.”
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“For in a government of laws and not of men, no man, however prominent or powerful, and no mob however unruly or boisterous, is entitled to defy a court of law. If this country should ever reach the point where any man or group of men by force or threat of force could long defy the commands of our court and our Constitution, then no law would stand free from doubt, no judge would be sure of his writ, and no citizen would be safe from his neighbors.”
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“There are three things in life which are real: God, human folly and laughter. Since the first two are beyond our comprehension, we must do what we can with the third.”
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“A police state finds that it cannot command the grain to grow.”
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“Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.”
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“This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.”
-- John F. KennedySource : Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.13, Best Books on
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“The state is the servant of the citizen, and not his master.”
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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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“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.”
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“Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.”
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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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“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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“Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.”
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“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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“The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.”
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“A revolution is coming – a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate if we care enough; successful if we are fortunate enough – but a revolution which is coming whether we will it or not. We can affect its character; we cannot alter its inevitability.”
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“My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”
-- John F. KennedySource : Inaugural Address, 20 Jan. 1961
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“One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.”
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“A boy spends his time finding a girl to sleep with. A real man spends his time looking for the one worth waking up to.”
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“No matter how big the lie; repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as the truth.”
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“I really don't know why it is that all of us are so committed to the sea, except I think it is because in addition to the fact that the sea changes and the light changes, and ships change, it is because we all came from the sea. And it is an interesting biological fact that all of us have, in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch it we are going back from whence we came”
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“Our deep spiritual confidence that this nation will survive the perils of today - which may well be with us for decades to come - compels us to invest in our nation's future, to consider and meet our obligations to our children and the numberless generations that will follow.”
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“I have seen in many places housing which has been developed under government influences, but I have never seen any projects in which governments have played their part which have fountains and statues and grass and trees, which are as important to the concept of the home as the roof itself.”
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“Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom.”
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“The US Airforce assures me that UFO's pose no threat to National Security.”
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“There's a plot in this country to enslave every man, woman, and child. Before I leave this high and noble office, I intend to expose this plot.”
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“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”
-- John F. KennedySource : Address on first anniversary of Alliance for Progress, 13 Mar. 1962
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“We dare not forget that we are the heirs of that first revolution.”
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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.”
-- John F. KennedySource : John F. Kennedy's Speech at Loyola College Alumni Banquet, Baltimore, Maryland, www.jfklibrary.org. February 18, 1958.
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