"Just imagine if in his inaugural address John……" — David McCullough

"Just imagine if in his inaugural address John F. Kennedy had said, 'Ask not what your country can, you know, do for you, but what you can, like, do for your country actually,"

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96 Quotes by David McCullough

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There is only one person who can measure your success. That person is you.
Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.
Washington had performed his role to perfection. It was no enough that a leader look the part; by Washington's rules,…
In fact, it was the largest expeditionary force of the 18th century. The largest, most powerful force ever set forth…
The first of all qualities of a general is courage.
Washington was a man of exceptional, almost excessive self-command, rarely permitting himself any show of discouragement or despair.
The preparations were elaborate and mammoth in scale, and Washington threw himself into the effort, demanding that not an hour…
They must be cool but determined...he threatened instant death to any man who showed cowardice.
To this noble end the delegates had pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
...Had proven himself a leader of remarkable ability, a man not only of enterprising ideas, but with the staying power…
We must not think of learning as only what happens in schools. It is an extended part of life. The…
Freedom is found through the portals of our nation's libraries.

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The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are… — Teresa of Avila
The Postal Service delivers mail six days a week to nearly 140 million addresses. Every year this number increases by… — Joe Baca
The platform of an Ethical Society is itself the altar; the address must be the fire that burns thereon. — Felix Adler
No Congress ever has seen fit to amend the Constitution to address any issue related to marriage. No Constitutional Amendment… — Judy Biggert
President Bush in his inaugural address talked about bringing freedom to countries that don't have it. He didn't specify how. — Barbara Boxer
How you define a problem shapes how you address it. — John O. Brennan
Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country. — H. Rap Brown
So after the Lewinsky scandal, everything changed, and we moved from using the Bible to address the moral issues of… — Tony Campolo
Liberals do not appear to address potential solutions with anything like the far right's aura of God-given self-confidence. — Eric Alterman
In 1847 I gave an address at Newton, Mass., before a Teachers' Institute conducted by Horace Mann. My subject was… — Louis Agassiz
The bigger the population gets, the more serious the problems become... We have to address the population issue. The United… — Gaylord Nelson
Immigration and border security remain critical issues that I am committed to addressing this year. The good news is that… — John McCain

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