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Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#direction #efforts #enough #purpose #without

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#enemy #freedom #growth #jailer

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

#basic #breathe #cherish #children #common

Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#commitment #condemns #implies #lack #oppression

The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#historically #inherently #oaths #open #open society

I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#been #collection #dined #ever #exception

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#indispensable #leadership #learning #other

For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#change #future #law #life #look

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

#country #forward #future #great #i

Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#going #happens #once #say #second