Any system of government will work when everything is going well. It's the system that functions in the pinches that survive.

Quote by John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in...

Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in...

Only in the case of the Negro has the melting pot failed to bring a...

Only in the case of the Negro has the melting pot failed to bring a...

The poet and the politician have this in common: their greatness depends on the courage...

The poet and the politician have this in common: their greatness depends on the courage...

So let us begin anew - remembering on both sides that civility is not a...

So let us begin anew - remembering on both sides that civility is not a...

I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the...

I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the...

The freedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those who say,...

The freedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those who say,...

Sometimes party loyalty asks too much

Sometimes party loyalty asks too much

With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of deeds,...

With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of deeds,...

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

My father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches, but I never...

My father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches, but I never...

Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.

Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.

I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party's candidate for...

I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party's candidate for...

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

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

We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men...

We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men...

Every area of trouble gives out a ray of hope; and the one unchangeable certanity...

Every area of trouble gives out a ray of hope; and the one unchangeable certanity...

The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are...

The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are...

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas...

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas...

The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it,...

The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it,...

As leader, you're not allowed to go out and have beers on Friday night and...

As leader, you're not allowed to go out and have beers on Friday night and...

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because...

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because...