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

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

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...

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...

America has tossed its cap over the wall of space.

America has tossed its cap over the wall of space.

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...

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...

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...

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....

No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for...

No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for...

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...

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the...

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist...

If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist...

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...