John F. Kennedy Short Quotes

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We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.

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Things don't just happen, they are made to happen.

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Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

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O God, thy sea is so great and my boat is so small.

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Great crises produce great men and great deeds of courage.

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Privilege is here, and with privilege goes responsibility.

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You never know what's hit you. A gunshot is the perfect way.

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The United States has to move very fast to even stand still.

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Political action is the highest responsibility of a citizen.

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Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

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Richard Cromwell was not fit to wear the mantle of his uncle.

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There can be no progress if people have no faith in tomorrow.

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A police state finds that it cannot command the grain to grow.

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Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us.

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While we shall negotiate freely, we shall not negotiate freedom.

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I have a nice home, the office is close by, and the pay is good.

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Our problems are man-made. Therefore, they can be solved by man.

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Let's not talk so much about vice. I'm against vice in all forms.

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We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes.

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Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind.

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Our responsibility is one of decision, for to govern is to choose.

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Unless liberty flourishes in all lands, it cannot flourish in one.

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For the unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.

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War and hunger and ignorance and despair know no religious barriers.

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Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole.

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Arms alone are not enough to keep the peace. It must be kept by men.

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The greater our knowledge increases, the more our ignorance unfolds.

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On how he became a war hero:
It was involuntary. They sank my boat.

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Secondly, what does justice require? In the end, it requires liberty.

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The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.

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