The rising tide lifts all the boats.
John F. KennedyWhen power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations.
John F. KennedyBut wherever we are, we must all, in our daily lives, live up to the age-old faith that peace and freedom walk together. In too many of our cities today, the peace is not secure because freedom is incomplete." (John F. Kennedy, June 10, 1963, American University speech)
John F. KennedyTags: freedom peace american-university-speech
And is not peace, in the last analysis, basically a matter of human rights -- the right to live out our lives without fear of devastation – the right to breathe air as nature provided it -- the right of future generations to a healthy existence?" (John F. Kennedy, June 10, 1963, American University speech)
John F. KennedyTags: freedom peace american-university-speech
All of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea - whether it is to sail or to watch it - we are going back from whence we came.
John F. KennedyEvery dollar released from taxation, that is spent or invested, will create a new job and a new salary.
John F. KennedyWithout debate, without criticism no administration and no country can succeed and no republic can survive.
John F. KennedyTags: dissent protest government truth-telling
It is compromise that prevents each set of reformers from crushing the group at the other end of the political spectrum.
John F. KennedyThe very word Secrecy is repugnant in a free and open society.
John F. KennedyAfter visiting these two places (Berchtesgaden and the Eagle's lair on Obersalzberg) you can easily see how that within a few years Hitler will emerge from the hatred that surrounds him now as one of the most significant figures who ever lived. He had boundless ambition for his country, which rendered him a menace to the peace of the world, but he had a mystery about him in the way that he lived and in the manner of his death that will live and grow after him. He had in him the stuff of which legends are made.
John F. KennedyTags: power ambition hatred understanding legend mystery
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