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Country Quotes by John F. Kennedy
- Only in winter can you tell which trees are truly green. Only when the winds of adversity blow can you tell whether an individual or…
- By calling attention to 'a well regulated militia,' 'the security of the nation,' and the right of each citizen 'to keep and bear arms,' our…
- There is always inequity in life. Some men are killed in war and some men are wounded; some men never leave the country, some men…
- Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free. When all are free, then we can look forward to that day…
- We in this country, in this generation, areby destiny rather than choicethe watchmen on the walls of world freedom. We ask, therefore, that we may…
- And if we are to open employment opportunities in this country for members of all races and creeds, then the Federal Government must set an…
- I have asked the secretary of the treasury to report by April 1 on whether present tax laws may be stimulating in undue amounts the…
- In those countries where income taxes are lower than in the United States, the ability to defer the payment of U.S. tax by retaining income…
- No country can possibly move ahead, no free society can possibly be sustained, unless it has an educated citizenry whose qualities of mind and heart…
- If sometimes our great artists have been the most critical of our society, it is because their sensitivity and their concern for justice, which must…
- There's a plot in this country to enslave every man, woman, and child. Before I leave this high and noble office, I intend to expose…
- Most of us are conditioned for many years to have a political viewpoint - Republican or Democratic, liberal, conservative, or moderate. The fact of the…
- Nearly forty years ago, a distinguished Prime Minister of this country ... said, 'They may not be angels but they are at least our friends.'*…
- The leadership of the American Legion has not had a constructive thought for the benefit of this country since 1918.
- It's only when they join together in a forward movement that this country moves ahead...
- I think we're going to have to do better. Mr. Nixon talks about our being the strongest country in the world. I think we are…
- When I ran for Presidency of the United States, I knew that this country faced serious challenges, but I could not realize - nor could…
- For I can assure you that we love our country, not for what it was, though it has always been great - not for what…
- This is a great country and requires a good deal of all of us, so I can imagine nothing more important than for all of…
- I do ask every publisher, every editor, and every newsman in the nation to reexamine his own standards, and to recognize the nature of our…
- All problems, depressions, wars, disasters, assassinations, all of them were planned, caused, instigated, and implemented by the International Bankers and their attempt to establish a…
- Those who came before us made certain that this country rode the first waves of the industrial revolution, the first waves of modern invention and…
- ... the United States was not built by those who waited and rested and wished to look behind them. This country was conquered by those…
- Last year, more Americans went to symphonies than went to baseball games. This may be viewed as an alarming statistic, but I think that both…
- A country is as strong, really, as its citizens. And I think that mental and physical health - mental and physical vigor - go hand…
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- It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite… — Hannah Arendt
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- It's tough to be a 15- or 16-year-old athlete competing around the country. There's tension, there's media. I had no idea what… — Lance Armstrong
- An illness is like a journey into a far country; it sifts all one's experience and removes it to a point so… — Sholem Asch
- Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing… — Bashar al-Assad
- What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different ethnicity or… — Chinua Achebe
- I mean, it is an extraordinary thing that a large proportion of your country and my country, of the citizens, never see… — David Attenborough
- Presidents do not go off on leave without telling the country. — Chinua Achebe
- Canada is a balloon-puncturing country. You are not really allowed to be an icon unless you also make an idiot of yourself. — Margaret Atwood
- I've had trouble now and again in Nigeria because I have spoken up about the mistreatment of factions in the country because… — Chinua Achebe
- Foreignness is all around. Only in the heart of the heart of the country, namely the heart of the United States, can… — Margaret Atwood