There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.

Quote by John F Kennedy

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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...

Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.

Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.

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...

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

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

The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.

The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.

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...

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not...

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not...

The wave of the future is not the conquest of the world by a single...

The wave of the future is not the conquest of the world by a single...

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.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

If anyone is crazy enough to want to kill a president of the United States,...

If anyone is crazy enough to want to kill a president of the United States,...

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike,...

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike,...

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power...

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power...

The United States has to move very fast to even stand still.

The United States has to move very fast to even stand still.

The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions, the mobility and flow of risk...

The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions, the mobility and flow of risk...

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...

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...

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....

Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.

Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.

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...