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Power Quotes by John F. Kennedy
- We do not want an official state church. If ninety-nine percent of the population were Catholics, I would still be opposed to it. I do…
- 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…
- The new and terrible dangers which man has created can only be controlled by man.
- Never before has man had such a great capacity to control his own environment, to end hunger, poverty and disease, to banish illiteracy and human…
- 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…
- 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…
- It is increasingly clear that no matter what party is in power, so long as our national security needs keep rising, an economy hampered by…
- 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…
- If scientific discovery has not been an unalloyed blessing, if it has conferred on mankind the power not only to create but also to annihilate,…
- When power corrupts, poetry cleanses
- In a time of turbulence and change, it is more true than ever that knowledge is power.
- 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…
- In the years since man unlocked the power stored up within the atom, the world has made progress, halting, but effective, toward bringing that power…
- For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the…
- Members of the Congress, the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress. We are all trustees for the American people, custodians…
- Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.
- I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint,…
- When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the…
- The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms…
- We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.
- Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place.
- No matter how big the lie; repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as the truth.
- Those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside
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- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
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- What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. — Aristotle
- The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching. — Aristotle
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- The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better. — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo