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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And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask...

And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask...

Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war...

Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war...

Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to...

Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to...

Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners,...

Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners,...

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer....

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer....

America has tossed its cap over the wall of space.

America has tossed its cap over the wall of space.

Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be...

Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be...

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike,...

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike,...

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a...

All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a...

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...

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 child miseducated is a child lost.

A child miseducated is a child lost.

Do you realize the responsibility I carry? Im the only person standing between Richard Nixon...

Do you realize the responsibility I carry? Im the only person standing between Richard Nixon...

Modern cynics and skeptics... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the...

Modern cynics and skeptics... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the...

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 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.

I'm an idealist without illusions.

I'm an idealist without illusions.

Khrushchev reminds me of the tiger hunter who has picked a place on the wall...

Khrushchev reminds me of the tiger hunter who has picked a place on the wall...

A child miseducated is a child lost.

A child miseducated is a child lost.