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

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

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas...

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas...

We prefer world law, in the age of self-determination, to world war in the age...

We prefer world law, in the age of self-determination, to world war in the age...

Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors.

Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors.

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,...

Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.

Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world...

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world...

Every area of trouble gives out a ray of hope; and the one unchangeable certanity...

Every area of trouble gives out a ray of hope; and the one unchangeable certanity...

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 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...

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...

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

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

In the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding on the back of the...

In the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding on the back of the...

Sometimes party loyalty asks too much

Sometimes party loyalty asks too much

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

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

For if Freedom and Communism were to compete for man's allegiance in a world at...

For if Freedom and Communism were to compete for man's allegiance in a world at...

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

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

Show me a man who plays a good game of golf and I'll show you...

Show me a man who plays a good game of golf and I'll show you...

Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they are out...

Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they are out...

If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a...

If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a...