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The best an American can look forward to is the lonely pleasure of one who stands at long last on a chilly and inhospitable mountaintop where few have been before, where few can follow and where few will consent to believe he has been. ↗

— George F. Kennan

#been #before #believe #best #chilly

The very concept of history implies the scholar and the reader. Without a generation of civilized people to study history, to preserve its records, to absorb its lessons and relate them to its own problems, history, too, would lose its meaning. ↗

— George F. Kennan

#civilized #concept #generation #history #implies

I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#active #always #how #i #nervous

Today, the US spends less on defense as a percentage of our economy than we did at any time since he Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. For the world's only superpower, that is an invitation to very serious trouble. ↗

— Steve Forbes

#attack #defense #did #economy #harbor

Well there's nobody who has a more supportive husband than I do, and he has a business that he runs, and it's his own business, so he has work to do, my kids have school to do, I mean, people have - there are other things in life besides politics. ↗

— Caroline Kennedy

#business #his #husband #i #i do

The Army damages itself when it doesn't live up to its own values. ↗

— Claudia Kennedy

#damages #itself #live #own #up

It's now clear that from the very moment President Bush took office, Iraq was his highest priority as unfinished business from the first Bush Administration. His agenda was clear: find a rationale to get rid of Saddam. ↗

— Edward Kennedy

#agenda #bush #bush administration #business #clear

We not only romanticize the future; we have also made it into a growth industry, a parlor game and a disaster movie all at the same time. ↗

— Eugene Kennedy

#disaster #future #game #growth #industry

The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions, the mobility and flow of risk capital... the ease or difficulty experienced by new ventures in obtaining capital, and thereby the strength and potential for growth in the economy. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#capital #capital gains #decisions #difficulty #directly

What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown - watch the raindrops coming down the window pane? ↗

— Jackie Kennedy

#children #coming #down #families #generation