Affiliation Quote by John F. Kennedy

“History will not judge our endeavors--and a government cannot be selected--merely on the basis of color or creed or even party affiliation. Neither will competence and loyalty and stature, while essential to the utmost, suffice in times such as these.”

John F. Kennedy

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Great crises produce great men, and great deeds of courage.

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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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We have some of the most influential Members of Congress here today, and I do hope that we can get this appropriation for these day-care centers, which seems to me to be money very wisely spent, and also under consideration of the tax bill, that we can consider the needs of the working mothers, and both of these will be…

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

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This is one country. It has become one country because all of us and all the people who came here had an equal chance to develop their talents. We cannot say to ten percent of the population that you can't have that right; that your children cannot have the chance to develop whatever talents they have; that the only way…

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It is different [to perform in Israel] because it arises from very deep wells of affiliation.

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We shall say clearly that any symbol conspicuously displaying religious affiliation in school is prohibited.

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Your race and gender don't change, but you can choose to change your political affiliation at will.

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“When only one party makes a profit that's robbery when all parties make profit that's business.”

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To be motivated to sit at home and study, instead of going out and playing, children need a sense of themselves over time--they need…

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The Night Manager doesn't exist in the post-Cold war universe, it exists much more in the modern world, I think. There is more action. The bad guys don't have particularly political or national-political affiliations.

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