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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Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride.

Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride.

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in...

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in...

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want...

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want...

Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together...

Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together...

America has tossed its cap over the wall of space.

America has tossed its cap over the wall of space.

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old...

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old...

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...

We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether...

We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether...

We stand today on the edge of a new frontier - the frontier of the...

We stand today on the edge of a new frontier - the frontier of the...

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...

When written in Chinese, the word crisis is composed of two characters. One represents danger...

When written in Chinese, the word crisis is composed of two characters. One represents danger...

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...

History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the...

History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the...

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay...

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay...

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...

There are many people in the world who really don't understand-or say they don't-what is...

There are many people in the world who really don't understand-or say they don't-what is...

I'm an idealist without illusions.

I'm an idealist without illusions.

When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows...

When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows...

Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.

Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.