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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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 never negotiate out of fear. But, let us never fear to negotiate.

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But, let us never fear to negotiate.

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...

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...

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...

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...

I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it.

I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it.

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...

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...

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

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

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust...

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust...

You can't make any hits if you don't take any shots...You live once, that's my...

You can't make any hits if you don't take any shots...You live once, that's my...