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Letter "J" » John Fitzgerald Kennedy Quotes
«And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country.»
«Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.»
«The purpose of foreign policy is not to provide an outlet for our own sentiments of hope or indignation; it is to shape real events in a real world.»
Author: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
(President)
| Keywords:
foreign, foreign policy, indignation, outlet, outlets, policy, provide, sentiments
«History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.»
Author: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
(President)
| About:
Future,
History,
The Present
| Keywords:
aside, hold fast, past master, relentless, rushing, swept
«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»
Author: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
(President)
| About:
Politicians
| Keywords:
nervous, talked, talk Politics
«The poet and the politician have this in common: their greatness depends on the courage with which they face the challenges of life»
Author: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
(President)
| About:
Poetry,
Poets,
Politicians
| Keywords:
Challenges, in common, politician
«You can milk a cow the wrong way once and still be a farmer, but vote the wrong way on a water tower and you can be in trouble»
Author: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
(President)
| Keywords:
cow, farmer, in trouble, milk, milk cow, tower, water tower
«We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.»
Author: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
(President)
| Keywords:
alien, American people, American values, competitive, entrust, entrusting, entrusts, falsehood, foreign, market, Open market, philosophies, The American, unpleasant, values
«Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory.»
«In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.»
Author: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
(President)
| About:
Freedom,
Generations
| Keywords:
defending, generations, granted, History of, History of the, History of the world, maximum, role, shrink, shrink from, welcome
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