History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.

Quote by John F Kennedy

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America has tossed its cap over the wall of space.

America has tossed its cap over the wall of space.

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power...

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power...

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not...

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not...

Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.

Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.

When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that...

When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that...

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world...

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world...

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.

We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.

We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age...

We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age...

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

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

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

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

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

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and...

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and...

It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard...

It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard...

We are under exercised as a nation. We look instead of play. We ride instead...

We are under exercised as a nation. We look instead of play. We ride instead...

To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past....

To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past....

We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.

We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.

Change is the law of life and those who look only to the past or...

Change is the law of life and those who look only to the past or...

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history...

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history...

People change and promises are broken. Clouds can move and skies will be wide open....

People change and promises are broken. Clouds can move and skies will be wide open....