Quotes By John F. Kennedy
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
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Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation.
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Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.
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So, let us not be blind to our differences - but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences can be resolved.
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The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly.
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The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
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The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
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There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.
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We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch.
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We set sail on this new sea because there is knowledge to be gained.
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We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others.
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When we got into office, the thing that surprised me the most was that things were as bad as we'd been saying they were.
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The men who create power make an indispensable contribution to the Nation?s greatness, but the men who question power make a contribution just as indispensable, especially when that questioning is disinterested, for they determine whether we use power or power uses us.
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...probably the greatest concentration of talent and genius in this house except for perhaps those times when Thomas Jefferson ate alone.
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