"A police state finds that it cannot command……" — John F. Kennedy

"A police state finds that it cannot command the grain to grow."

— John F. Kennedy

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622 Quotes by John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy has 622 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

We do not want an official state church. If ninety-nine percent of the population were Catholics, I would still be…
When you have seven percent unemployed, you have ninety-three percent working.
Only in winter can you tell which trees are truly green. Only when the winds of adversity blow can you…
Everywhere immigrants have enriched and strengthened the fabric of American life.
There is, of course, a legitimate argument for some limitation upon immigration. We no longer need settlers for virgin lands,…
Malthus argued a century and a half ago that man, by using up all his available resources, would forever press…
I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end... where every man has the same right to attend…
The science of weapons and war has made us all one world and one human race with one common destiny.
We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be…
Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard…
In America there must be only citizens, not divided by grade, first and second, but citizens, east, west, north, and…
We shall be judged more by what we do at home than what we preach abroad.

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More Cannot Command Quotes

This quote is filed under Cannot Command Quotes, one of 16 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

We cannot command Nature except by obeying her. — Francis Bacon
A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce… — James Allen
No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself. — William Penn
He who cannot command himself should obey. And many can command themselves, but much is still lacking before they can… — Friedrich Nietzsche
He that cannot obey, cannot command. — Benjamin Franklin
If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance — Margery Allingham
In sex one wants or does not want. And the grief, the sorrow of life is that one cannot make… — Kate Millett
A man who cannot command his temper should not think of being a man in business. — Lord Chesterfield
I cannot command winds and weather. — Horatio Nelson
He who cannot obey cannot command. — Jack Hyles
Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive. — Mahatma Gandhi
Who has not served cannot command. — John Florio

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