The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings.

Quote by John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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By the age of six the average child will have completed the basic American education.......

By the age of six the average child will have completed the basic American education.......

I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the...

I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the...

The poet and the politician have this in common: their greatness depends on the courage...

The poet and the politician have this in common: their greatness depends on the courage...

Liberty without learning is always in peril and learning without liberty is always in vain

Liberty without learning is always in peril and learning without liberty is always in vain

Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body,...

Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body,...

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 shall be judged more by what we do at home than what we preach...

We shall be judged more by what we do at home than what we preach...

I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more...

I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more...

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

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

Above all, we are coming to understand that the arts incarnate the creativity of a...

Above all, we are coming to understand that the arts incarnate the creativity of a...

The freedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those who say,...

The freedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those who say,...

We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient; that...

We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient; that...

I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics,...

I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics,...

All of us do not have equal talents, but all of us should have an...

All of us do not have equal talents, but all of us should have an...

Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in...

Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in...

It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights even if the...

It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights even if the...

So let us begin anew - remembering on both sides that civility is not a...

So let us begin anew - remembering on both sides that civility is not a...

I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that...

I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that...

I do so hate to leave this world

I do so hate to leave this world

The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot...

The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot...