"A man does what he must, in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers, and pressures, and that is the basis of all human morality."
"A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death."
"A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers."
"A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living. Today’s military rejects include tomorrow’s hard core unemployed."
"All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and, therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner."
"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."
"Any dangerous spot is tenable if men, brave men will make it so."
"As the idealism of our youth has served world peace, so can it serve the domestic tranquility."
"But however close we sometimes seem to that dark and final abyss, let no man of peace and freedom despair. For he does not stand alone. If we all can persevere, if we can in every land and office look beyond our own shores and ambitions, then surely the age will dawn in which the strong are just and the weak secure and the peace preserved."
"But I believe the times demand new invention, innovation, imagination, decision. I am asking each of you to be pioneers on that New Frontier."
"But in a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon, if we make this judgment affirmatively, it will be an entire nation."
"But life is never easy. There is work to be done and obligations to be met - obligations to truth, to justice, and to liberty."
"Certain other societies may respect the rule of force; we respect the rule of law."
"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future."
"Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future."
"Civilization, it was once said, is a race between education and catastrophe, and we intend to win that race for education."
"Conformity is the jailor of freedom, and the enemy of growth."
"Disarmament without checks is but a shadow and a community without law is but a shell."
"For I can assure you that we love our country, not for what it was, though it has always been great, not for what it is, though of this we are deeply proud, but for what it someday can, and, through the efforts of us all, someday will be."
"For in a democracy, every citizen, regardless of his interest in politics, 'hold office'; everyone of us is in a position of responsibility; and, in the final analysis, the kind of government we get depends upon how we fulfill those responsibilities. We, the people, are the boss, and we will get the kind of political leadership, be it good or bad, that we demand and deserve."
"For physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body; it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity."
"For the unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion."
"For to save mankind's future freedom, we must face up to any risk that is necessary. We will always seek peace, but we will never surrender."
"For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people."
"For one true measure of a nation is its success in fulfilling the promise of a better life for each of its members. Let this be the measure of our nation."
"For, although a country may stand still, history never stands still. Thus, if we do not soon begin to move forward again, we will inevitably be left behind."
"Freedom is not merely a word or an abstract theory, but the most effective instrument for advancing the welfare of man."
"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth."
"I have said that control of arms is a mission that we undertake particularly for our children and our grandchildren and that they have no lobby in Washington."
"I not only could not stifle controversy among your readers - I welcome it. This Administration intends to be candid about its errors; for as a wise man once said: "An error does not become a mistake until you refuse to correct it." We intend to accept full responsibility for our errors, and we expect you to point them out when we miss them."
"I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."
"If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich."
"If more politicians knew poetry, and more poets knew politics, I am convinced the world would be a little better place in which to live."
"If there is one path above all others to war, it is the path of weakness and disunity."
"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."
"If you are awaiting a finding of "clear and present danger," then I can only say that the danger has never been more clear and its presence has never been more imminent."
"In a time of domestic crisis men of good will and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics."
"In a world of danger and trial, peace is our deepest aspiration, and when peace comes we will gladly convert not our swords into plowshares, but our bombs into peaceful reactors, and our planes into space vessels. "Pursue peace," the Bible tells us, and we shall pursue it with every effort and every energy that we possess. But it is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war."
"In the Chinese language, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters, one representing danger and the other, opportunity."
"In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it."
"It's only when they join together in a forward movement that this country moves ahead."
"Khrushchev reminds me of the tiger hunter who has picked a place on the wall to hang the tiger's skin long before he has caught the tiger. This tiger has other ideas."
"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty."
"Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage - and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this Nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world."
"Let us not despair but act. 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."
"Let us not think of education only in terms of its costs, but rather in terms of the infinite potential of the human mind that can be realized through education. 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."
"Let us stand together with renewed confidence in our cause, united in our heritage of the past and our hopes for the future, and determined that this land we love shall lead all mankind into new frontiers of peace and abundance."
"Liberty without learning is always in peril, and learning without liberty is always in vain."
"Man will be what he was born to be: free and independent."
"Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind."
"My call is not to those who believe they belong to the past. My call is to those who believe in the future."
"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."
"No President should fear public scrutiny of his program. For from that scrutiny comes understanding, and from that understanding comes support or opposition. And both are necessary."
"Now let me make it clear that I believe there can only be one defense policy for the United States and that is summed up in the word 'first.' I do not mean 'first, but'. I do not mean 'first, when'. I do not mean 'first, if'. I mean 'first - period'."
"Now the trumpet summons us again - not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though embattled we are - but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation" - a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself."
"O God, thy sea is so great and my boat is so small."
"Only the very courageous will be able to keep alive the spirit of individualism and dissent which gave birth to this nation, nourished it as an infant, and carried it through its severest tests upon the attainment of its maturity."
"Our deep spiritual confidence that this nation will survive the perils of today."
"Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource."
"Our responsibility is one of decision, for to govern is to choose."
"Partnership is not a posture but a process-a continuous process that grows stronger each year as we devote ourselves to common tasks."
"Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. And however undramatic the pursuit of peace, that pursuit must go on."
"Privilege is here, and with privilege goes responsibility."
"Rising tide lifts all boats."
"So long as our national security needs keep rising, an economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough jobs or enough profits."
"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. And if we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal."
"Somebody once said that Washington was a city of Northern charm and Southern efficiency."
"Struggle for freedom. Where people are denied the right of choice, recourse to such struggle is the only means of achieving their liberties."
"Terror is not a new weapon. Throughout history it has been used by those who could not prevail, either by persuasion or example. But inevitably they fail, either because men are not afraid to die for a life worth living, or because the terrorists themselves came to realize that free men cannot be frightened by threats, and that aggression would meet its own response."
"That requires only one kind of defense policy, a policy summed up in a single word "first." I do not mean "first, if," I do not mean "first, but," I do not mean "first, when," but I mean "First, period."
"The artist, however faithful to his personal vision of reality, becomes the last champion of the individual mind and sensibility against an intrusive society and an officious state. The great artist is thus a solitary figure."
"The basis of self-government and freedom requires the development of character and self-restraint and perseverance and the long view. And these are qualities which require many years of training and education."
"The business of the Government is the business of the people."
"The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy."
"The duty of the scholar, of the educated man, of the man or woman whom society has developed talents in, the duty of that man or woman is to help build the society which has made their own advancement possible."
"The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it - and the glow from that fire can truly light the world."
"The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest - but the myth - persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic."
"The great revolution in the history of man, past, present and future, is the revolution of those determined to be free."
"The greater our knowledge increases the greater our ignorance unfolds."
"The life of the arts, far from being an interruption, a distraction, in the life of a nation, is very close to the center of a nation's purpose...and is a test of the quality of a nation's civilization."
"The mere existence of modern weapons, ten million times more powerful than any that the world has ever seen, and only minutes away from any target on earth, is a source of horror, and discord and distrust."
"The only valid test of leadership is the ability to lead, and lead vigorously."
"The scholar, the teacher, the intellectual, have a higher duty than any of the others, for society has trained you to think as well as do."
"The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining."
"The true democracy, living and growing and inspiring, puts its faith in the people, faith that the people will not simply elect men who will represent their views ably and faithfully, but will also elect men who will exercise their conscientious judgment , faith that the people will not condemn those whose devotion to principle leads them to unpopular courses, but will reward courage, respect honor, and ultimately recognize right."
"The truth doesn't die. The desire for liberty cannot be fully suppressed."
"The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings."
"The weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us."
"The world was not meant to be a prison in which man awaits his execution."
"The 1930's taught us a clear lesson: aggressive conduct, if allowed to go unchecked and unchallenged ultimately leads to war."
"The truth that makes us free and will keep us free."
"The world was not meant to be a prison in which man awaits his execution."
"Their pledge is a pledge to the status quo, and today there can be no status quo."
"There is a connection, hard to explain logically but easy to feel, between achievement in public life and progress in the arts."
"There is danger that totalitarian governments, not subject to vigorous popular debate, will underestimate the will and unity of democratic societies where vital interests are concerned."
"There is no strife, no prejudice, no national conflict in outer space as yet. Its hazards are hostile to us all. Its conquest deserves the best of all mankind, and its opportunity for peaceful cooperation many never come again."
"There's an old saying that victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.... I'm the responsible officer of the Government."
"Things don't just happen, they are made to happen."
"Things don't just happen, they are made to happen."
"Third, and finally, the educated citizen has an obligation to uphold the law."
"This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor."
"Those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside."
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."
"Today no war has been declared, and however fierce the struggle may be, it may never be declared in the traditional fashion. Our way of life is under attack. Those who make themselves our enemy are advancing around the globe. The survival of our friends is in danger."
"Today the eyes of all people are truly upon us, and our governments, in every branch, at every level, national, state and local, must be as a city upon a hill, constructed and inhabited by men aware of their great trust and their great responsibilities."
"Together we shall save our planet, or together we shall perish in its flames. Save it we can, and save it we must, and then shall we earn the eternal thanks of mankind and, as peacemakers, the eternal blessing of God."
"Truth is stronger than error, and that freedom is more enduring than coercion."
"War and hunger and ignorance and despair know no religious barriers."
"War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today."
"We can have faith in the future only if we have faith in ourselves."
"We can say with some assurance that, although children may be the victims of fate, they will not be the victims of our neglect."
"We celebrate the past to awaken the future."
"We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure 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, and the others, too."
"We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed."
"We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."
"We have become more and more not a nation of athletes but a nation of spectators."
"We have had our failures, but so have others, even if they do not admit them. And they may be less public."
"We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth."
"We must use time as a tool, not as a couch."
"We shall be judged more by what we do at home than by what we preach abroad."
"We shall never negotiate out of fear, we shall never fear to negotiate."
"When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses. For art establishes the basic human truth which must serve as the touchstone of our judgment."
"While we shall negotiate freely, we shall not negotiate freedom."
"While geography has made us neighbors, tradition has made us friends. Economics has made us partners. And necessity has made us allies. Those whom nature has so joined together, let no man put asunder."
"With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own."
"With your help, and the help of other free men, this crisis can be surmounted. Freedom can prevail and peace can endure."
"Without debate, without criticism, no Administration and no country can succeed and no republic can survive."
"World peace, like community peace, does not require that each man love his neighbor, it requires only that they live together in mutual tolerance, submitting their disputes to a just and peaceful settlement."
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"A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death."
"A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers."
"A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living. Today’s military rejects include tomorrow’s hard core unemployed."
"All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and, therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner."
"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."
"Any dangerous spot is tenable if men, brave men will make it so."
"As the idealism of our youth has served world peace, so can it serve the domestic tranquility."
"But however close we sometimes seem to that dark and final abyss, let no man of peace and freedom despair. For he does not stand alone. If we all can persevere, if we can in every land and office look beyond our own shores and ambitions, then surely the age will dawn in which the strong are just and the weak secure and the peace preserved."
"But I believe the times demand new invention, innovation, imagination, decision. I am asking each of you to be pioneers on that New Frontier."
"But in a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon, if we make this judgment affirmatively, it will be an entire nation."
"But life is never easy. There is work to be done and obligations to be met - obligations to truth, to justice, and to liberty."
"Certain other societies may respect the rule of force; we respect the rule of law."
"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future."
"Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future."
"Civilization, it was once said, is a race between education and catastrophe, and we intend to win that race for education."
"Conformity is the jailor of freedom, and the enemy of growth."
"Disarmament without checks is but a shadow and a community without law is but a shell."
"For I can assure you that we love our country, not for what it was, though it has always been great, not for what it is, though of this we are deeply proud, but for what it someday can, and, through the efforts of us all, someday will be."
"For in a democracy, every citizen, regardless of his interest in politics, 'hold office'; everyone of us is in a position of responsibility; and, in the final analysis, the kind of government we get depends upon how we fulfill those responsibilities. We, the people, are the boss, and we will get the kind of political leadership, be it good or bad, that we demand and deserve."
"For physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body; it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity."
"For the unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion."
"For to save mankind's future freedom, we must face up to any risk that is necessary. We will always seek peace, but we will never surrender."
"For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people."
"For one true measure of a nation is its success in fulfilling the promise of a better life for each of its members. Let this be the measure of our nation."
"For, although a country may stand still, history never stands still. Thus, if we do not soon begin to move forward again, we will inevitably be left behind."
"Freedom is not merely a word or an abstract theory, but the most effective instrument for advancing the welfare of man."
"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth."
"I have said that control of arms is a mission that we undertake particularly for our children and our grandchildren and that they have no lobby in Washington."
"I not only could not stifle controversy among your readers - I welcome it. This Administration intends to be candid about its errors; for as a wise man once said: "An error does not become a mistake until you refuse to correct it." We intend to accept full responsibility for our errors, and we expect you to point them out when we miss them."
"I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."
"If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich."
"If more politicians knew poetry, and more poets knew politics, I am convinced the world would be a little better place in which to live."
"If there is one path above all others to war, it is the path of weakness and disunity."
"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."
"If you are awaiting a finding of "clear and present danger," then I can only say that the danger has never been more clear and its presence has never been more imminent."
"In a time of domestic crisis men of good will and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics."
"In a world of danger and trial, peace is our deepest aspiration, and when peace comes we will gladly convert not our swords into plowshares, but our bombs into peaceful reactors, and our planes into space vessels. "Pursue peace," the Bible tells us, and we shall pursue it with every effort and every energy that we possess. But it is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war."
"In the Chinese language, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters, one representing danger and the other, opportunity."
"In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it."
"It's only when they join together in a forward movement that this country moves ahead."
"Khrushchev reminds me of the tiger hunter who has picked a place on the wall to hang the tiger's skin long before he has caught the tiger. This tiger has other ideas."
"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty."
"Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage - and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this Nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world."
"Let us not despair but act. 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."
"Let us not think of education only in terms of its costs, but rather in terms of the infinite potential of the human mind that can be realized through education. 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."
"Let us stand together with renewed confidence in our cause, united in our heritage of the past and our hopes for the future, and determined that this land we love shall lead all mankind into new frontiers of peace and abundance."
"Liberty without learning is always in peril, and learning without liberty is always in vain."
"Man will be what he was born to be: free and independent."
"Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind."
"My call is not to those who believe they belong to the past. My call is to those who believe in the future."
"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."
"No President should fear public scrutiny of his program. For from that scrutiny comes understanding, and from that understanding comes support or opposition. And both are necessary."
"Now let me make it clear that I believe there can only be one defense policy for the United States and that is summed up in the word 'first.' I do not mean 'first, but'. I do not mean 'first, when'. I do not mean 'first, if'. I mean 'first - period'."
"Now the trumpet summons us again - not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though embattled we are - but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation" - a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself."
"O God, thy sea is so great and my boat is so small."
"Only the very courageous will be able to keep alive the spirit of individualism and dissent which gave birth to this nation, nourished it as an infant, and carried it through its severest tests upon the attainment of its maturity."
"Our deep spiritual confidence that this nation will survive the perils of today."
"Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource."
"Our responsibility is one of decision, for to govern is to choose."
"Partnership is not a posture but a process-a continuous process that grows stronger each year as we devote ourselves to common tasks."
"Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. And however undramatic the pursuit of peace, that pursuit must go on."
"Privilege is here, and with privilege goes responsibility."
"Rising tide lifts all boats."
"So long as our national security needs keep rising, an economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough jobs or enough profits."
"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. And if we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal."
"Somebody once said that Washington was a city of Northern charm and Southern efficiency."
"Struggle for freedom. Where people are denied the right of choice, recourse to such struggle is the only means of achieving their liberties."
"Terror is not a new weapon. Throughout history it has been used by those who could not prevail, either by persuasion or example. But inevitably they fail, either because men are not afraid to die for a life worth living, or because the terrorists themselves came to realize that free men cannot be frightened by threats, and that aggression would meet its own response."
"That requires only one kind of defense policy, a policy summed up in a single word "first." I do not mean "first, if," I do not mean "first, but," I do not mean "first, when," but I mean "First, period."
"The artist, however faithful to his personal vision of reality, becomes the last champion of the individual mind and sensibility against an intrusive society and an officious state. The great artist is thus a solitary figure."
"The basis of self-government and freedom requires the development of character and self-restraint and perseverance and the long view. And these are qualities which require many years of training and education."
"The business of the Government is the business of the people."
"The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy."
"The duty of the scholar, of the educated man, of the man or woman whom society has developed talents in, the duty of that man or woman is to help build the society which has made their own advancement possible."
"The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it - and the glow from that fire can truly light the world."
"The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest - but the myth - persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic."
"The great revolution in the history of man, past, present and future, is the revolution of those determined to be free."
"The greater our knowledge increases the greater our ignorance unfolds."
"The life of the arts, far from being an interruption, a distraction, in the life of a nation, is very close to the center of a nation's purpose...and is a test of the quality of a nation's civilization."
"The mere existence of modern weapons, ten million times more powerful than any that the world has ever seen, and only minutes away from any target on earth, is a source of horror, and discord and distrust."
"The only valid test of leadership is the ability to lead, and lead vigorously."
"The scholar, the teacher, the intellectual, have a higher duty than any of the others, for society has trained you to think as well as do."
"The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining."
"The true democracy, living and growing and inspiring, puts its faith in the people, faith that the people will not simply elect men who will represent their views ably and faithfully, but will also elect men who will exercise their conscientious judgment , faith that the people will not condemn those whose devotion to principle leads them to unpopular courses, but will reward courage, respect honor, and ultimately recognize right."
"The truth doesn't die. The desire for liberty cannot be fully suppressed."
"The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings."
"The weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us."
"The world was not meant to be a prison in which man awaits his execution."
"The 1930's taught us a clear lesson: aggressive conduct, if allowed to go unchecked and unchallenged ultimately leads to war."
"The truth that makes us free and will keep us free."
"The world was not meant to be a prison in which man awaits his execution."
"Their pledge is a pledge to the status quo, and today there can be no status quo."
"There is a connection, hard to explain logically but easy to feel, between achievement in public life and progress in the arts."
"There is danger that totalitarian governments, not subject to vigorous popular debate, will underestimate the will and unity of democratic societies where vital interests are concerned."
"There is no strife, no prejudice, no national conflict in outer space as yet. Its hazards are hostile to us all. Its conquest deserves the best of all mankind, and its opportunity for peaceful cooperation many never come again."
"There's an old saying that victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.... I'm the responsible officer of the Government."
"Things don't just happen, they are made to happen."
"Things don't just happen, they are made to happen."
"Third, and finally, the educated citizen has an obligation to uphold the law."
"This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor."
"Those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside."
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."
"Today no war has been declared, and however fierce the struggle may be, it may never be declared in the traditional fashion. Our way of life is under attack. Those who make themselves our enemy are advancing around the globe. The survival of our friends is in danger."
"Today the eyes of all people are truly upon us, and our governments, in every branch, at every level, national, state and local, must be as a city upon a hill, constructed and inhabited by men aware of their great trust and their great responsibilities."
"Together we shall save our planet, or together we shall perish in its flames. Save it we can, and save it we must, and then shall we earn the eternal thanks of mankind and, as peacemakers, the eternal blessing of God."
"Truth is stronger than error, and that freedom is more enduring than coercion."
"War and hunger and ignorance and despair know no religious barriers."
"War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today."
"We can have faith in the future only if we have faith in ourselves."
"We can say with some assurance that, although children may be the victims of fate, they will not be the victims of our neglect."
"We celebrate the past to awaken the future."
"We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure 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, and the others, too."
"We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed."
"We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."
"We have become more and more not a nation of athletes but a nation of spectators."
"We have had our failures, but so have others, even if they do not admit them. And they may be less public."
"We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth."
"We must use time as a tool, not as a couch."
"We shall be judged more by what we do at home than by what we preach abroad."
"We shall never negotiate out of fear, we shall never fear to negotiate."
"When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses. For art establishes the basic human truth which must serve as the touchstone of our judgment."
"While we shall negotiate freely, we shall not negotiate freedom."
"While geography has made us neighbors, tradition has made us friends. Economics has made us partners. And necessity has made us allies. Those whom nature has so joined together, let no man put asunder."
"With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own."
"With your help, and the help of other free men, this crisis can be surmounted. Freedom can prevail and peace can endure."
"Without debate, without criticism, no Administration and no country can succeed and no republic can survive."
"World peace, like community peace, does not require that each man love his neighbor, it requires only that they live together in mutual tolerance, submitting their disputes to a just and peaceful settlement."
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