John F. Kennedy Quote

First, what does truth require? It requires us to face the facts as they are, not to involve ourselves in self-deception; to refuse to think merely in slogans. If we are to work for the future of the city, let us deal with the realities as they actually are, not as they might have been, and not as we wish they were.


Address at the Free University of Berlin, 26 June 1963


First, what does truth require? It requires us to face the facts as they are, not to involve ourselves in self-deception; to refuse to think merely...

First, what does truth require? It requires us to face the facts as they are, not to involve ourselves in self-deception; to refuse to think merely...

First, what does truth require? It requires us to face the facts as they are, not to involve ourselves in self-deception; to refuse to think merely...

First, what does truth require? It requires us to face the facts as they are, not to involve ourselves in self-deception; to refuse to think merely...