Tasks Quotes by John F. Kennedy

11 Tasks quotes by John F. Kennedy

Kennedy’s short reflections on tasks carry the same urgency that defined his speeches. These eleven quotes serve as a crisp reminder that duty and effort go hand in hand.

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Our task is not to fix blame for the past, but to fix the course for the future.

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Partnership is not a posture but a process-a continuous process that grows stronger each year as we devote ourselves to common tasks.

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A great change is at hand, and our task, our obligation, is to make that revolution, that change, peaceful and constructive for…

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But if the life will not be easy, it will be rich and satisfying. For every young American who participates in the…

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That is why the Aethenian law makers so decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy. I am asking…

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All of us in the Senate live in an iron lung-the iron lung of politics, and it is no easy task to…

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Members of the Congress, the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress. We are all trustees for the…

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I speak of peace, therefore, as the necessary rational end of rational men. I realize the pursuit of peace is not as…

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The effort to improve the conditions of man, however, is not a task for the few. It is the task of all…

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The United States, as the world knows, will never start a war. We do not want a war. We do not now…

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No President should fear public scrutiny of his program. For from that scrutiny comes understanding; and from that understanding comes support or…

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There comes a point where you see no evidence that the carrot and diplomacy are working.

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Suspicion on one side breeds suspicion on the other, and new weapons beget counter-weapons.

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Disarmament without checks is but a shadow - and a community without law is but a shell.

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Peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all people. So let us not…

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