John F. Kennedy

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When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
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My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
In a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon it will be an entire nation. For all of us must work to put him there.
We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.
The pay is good and I can walk to work.
I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians.
I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.
The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.
When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.
We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination.
Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes... can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.
The world knows that America will never start a war. This generation of Americans has had enough of war and hate... we want to build a world of peace where the weak are secure and the strong are just.

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