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.

Quote by John F Kennedy

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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...

Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

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,...

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

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

A child miseducated is a child lost.

A child miseducated is a child lost.

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe...

Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe...

A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been...

A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been...

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...

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

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

We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history...

We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history...

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...

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....

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.

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life....

For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life....

Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It...

Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It...

Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place.

Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place.

A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is...

A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is...

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...