John F. Kennedy Quotes

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John F. Kennedy Quotes

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John F. Kennedy

Politician

Creative

“For plague and pestilence, plunder and pollution, the hazards of nature and the hunger of children are the foes of every nation. The earth, the sea and the air are the concern of every nation.”

Children Air Sea

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John F. Kennedy

Politician

Confident

“The Jewish people, ever since David slew Goliath, have never considered youth as a barrier to leadership.”

People Youth Goliath

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Confident

“Privilege is here, and with privilege goes responsibility.”

Responsibility Privilege

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Hopeful

“We can have faith in the future only if we have faith in ourselves.”

Ifs Have Faith

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Grateful

“Our national conservation effort must include the complete spectrum of resources: air, water, and land; fuels, energy, and minerals; soils, forests, and forage; fish and wildlife. Together they make up the world of nature which surrounds us- of the American heritage.”

Water Air Land

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Hopeful

“A nation can be no stronger abroad than she is at home. Only an America which practices what it preaches about equal rights and social justice will be respected by those whose choice affects our future.”

Home Practice Rights

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Courageous

“Compromise does not mean cowardice.”

Mean Peace

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Courageous

“A police state finds that it cannot command the grain to grow.”

States Police

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Creative

“If we could ever competitively, at a cheap rate, get fresh water from saltwater, ..(this) would be in the long-range interests of humanity which could really dwarf any other scientific accomplishments.”

Long Accomplishment Dwarves

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Courageous

“I believe in an America ... where no public official either requests or accepts instructions on public policy from the Pope, the National Council of Churches, or any other ecclesiastical source.”

Believe America Church

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Optimistic

“We do not want an official state church. If ninety-nine percent of the population were Catholics, I would still be opposed to it. I do not want civil power combined with religious power. I want to make it clear that I am committed as a matter of deep personal conviction to separation.”

Religious Atheist Ninety Nine

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Courageous

“The most effective means of upholding the law is not the State policeman or the marshals or the National Guard. It is you. It lies in your courage to accept those laws with which you disagree as well as those with which you agree.”

Mean Lying Law

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