John F. Kennedy ✓

(1917–1963) journalist

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[Wikidata] president of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (1917–1963)... | [Wikipedia] John Fitzgerald Kennedy, also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest person elected president, at 43 years, and the first Catholic president. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of h

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• There is only one rule by which to judge if God is near us or is far away - the rule that God's word is… Ability
• Any danger spot is tenable if men, brave men, will make it so. Any
• The state is the servant of the citizen, and not his master. Citizen
• Economic growth without social progress lets the great majority of the people remain in poverty, while a privileged few reap the benefits of rising abundance. Abundance
• I want every American to be free to stand up for his rights, even if sometimes he has to sit down for them. American
• If at times our actions seem to make life difficult for others, it is only because history has made life difficult for us all. Action
• Justice delayed is democracy denied. Delayed
• The efforts of governments alone will never be enough. In the end, the people must choose and the people must help themselves. Alone
• Wealth is the means, and people are the ends. All our material riches will avail us little if we do not use them to expand… All
• Arms alone are not enough to keep the peace. It must be kept by men. Alone
• We live in a hemisphere whose own revolution has given birth to the most powerful force of the modern age; the search for freedom and… Age
• Suspicion on one side breeds suspicion on the other, and new weapons beget counter-weapons. Beget
• The problem of power is how to achieve its responsible use rather than its irresponsible and indulgent use; of how to get men of power… Achieve
• The new and terrible dangers which man has created can only be controlled by man. Controlled
• Political action is the highest responsibility of a citizen. Action
• Political sovereignty is but a mockery without the means of meeting poverty and illiteracy and disease. Self-determination is but a slogan if the future holds… Determination
• Sometimes party loyalty asks too much. Asks
• The torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans, born in this century... unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those… Americans
• If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be of no help. Communication
• I need this parade like I need a hole in the head. Fake
• Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.… Activities
• Sincerity is always subject to proof. Always Subject
• Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride. Bicycle
• 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… Cow
• Every time that we try to lift a problem from our own shoulders, and shift that problem to the hands of the government, to the… Every Time

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