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John F. Kennedy
American
President
Born:
May 29
,
1917
Freedom
Future
Life
Man
War
World
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My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
John F. Kennedy
You
Country
Memorial Day
Fellow
Fellow Americans
American
Ask
Your
Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.
John F. Kennedy
Politics
Future
Blame
Responsibility
Past
Own
Our
Seek
Democratic
Accept
Answer
Fix
Republican
Us
Let Us
Right
Right Answer
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
John F. Kennedy
Enemies
Never
Never Forget
Names
Forget
Forgive
Your
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
John F. Kennedy
Inspirational
Gratitude
Appreciation
Words
Live
Our
Must
Never
Highest
Never Forget
Forget
To Live By
Them
Express
Utter
We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us thru that darkness to a safe and sane future.
John F. Kennedy
Future
Darkness
Light
Guide
Thru
Safe
Candle
Curse
Us
Sane
Here
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
John F. Kennedy
Leadership
Learning
Other
Indispensable
Each
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
John F. Kennedy
Success
Survival
Patriotism
Liberty
Burden
Oppose
Nation
Pay
Every
Assure
Meet
Foe
Bear
Shall
Price
Support
Wishes
Know
Well
Friend
Any
Whether
Us
Ill
Hardship
Every Nation
Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.
John F. Kennedy
Great
Achieve
Those
Dare
Fail
Greatly
Who
Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.
John F. Kennedy
Fear
Negotiate
Out
Never
Us
Let Us
We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came.
John F. Kennedy
Sail
Ocean
Back
Tied
Came
Go
Going
Whence
Whether
Sea
Watch
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
John F. Kennedy
Life
Future
Change
Law
Past
Those
Only
Miss
Look
Certain
Who
Present
Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.
John F. Kennedy
Future
Society
Our
Air
Mortal
Most
Cherish
Link
Same
Common
Children
Breathe
Planet
Inhabit
Basic
Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.
John F. Kennedy
War
Before
Must
Put
Puts
End
Mankind
The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.
John F. Kennedy
Truth
Great
Truth Is
Lie
Enemy
Myth
Great Enemy
Deliberate
Unrealistic
Very
Persistent
Contrived
Often
Dishonest
Persuasive
Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.
John F. Kennedy
Fitness
Creative
Physical Fitness
Important
Healthy
Keys
Physical
Only
Most
Intellectual
The Most Important
Dynamic
Body
Activity
Basis
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 richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
John F. Kennedy
Power Corrupts
Man
Arrogance
Corrupts
Diversity
Power
Poetry
Area
Toward
Reminds
Leads
Concern
Him
Limitations
His
Existence
Richness
Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder.
John F. Kennedy
God
History
Man
Together
Made
Economics
Those
Neighbors
Asunder
Allies
Joined
Put
Partners
Geography
Friends
Us
Whom
Necessity
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
John F. Kennedy
Time
Roof
Sun
Repair
Shining
I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.
John F. Kennedy
Wisdom
Future
Strength
Great
Patriotism
Wealth
Will
Power
Country
Military
Our
Moral
Restraint
Purpose
Look
Match
America
Which
Forward
Military Strength
There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.
John F. Kennedy
Risks
Long
Action
Range
Costs
Comfortable
Than
Inaction
Far
Far Less
Less
Chance
Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.
John F. Kennedy
Success
Hope
Adversity
Home
Freedom
Broken
Democracy
Will
Honors
Carries
Neither
Disappear
Israel
Demoralized
Shield
Nor
Child
Brave
Order
Endure
Created
Sword
Flourish
Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.
John F. Kennedy
Success
Victory
Defeat
Fathers
Thousand
Orphan
Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.
John F. Kennedy
War
Corruption
Communism
Power
Country
Both
Never
Come
Disrupted
In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics.
John F. Kennedy
Politics
Time
Men
Party
Crisis
Able
Generosity
Goodwill
Domestic
Regardless
Should
Unite
Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.
John F. Kennedy
Commitment
Oppression
Own
Tolerance
Others
Rather
Implies
Condemns
Persecution
Lack
Beliefs
A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
John F. Kennedy
Truth
People
Judge
Nation
Market
Open
Open Market
Falsehood
Afraid
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