#tru

To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#careful #despair #facts #faithful #frankly

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#building #changing #daily #eroding #gradually

The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#dissemination #education #goal #knowledge #truth

Americans have been given goals to achieve in Iraq, but not the standards by which to measure progress. And the only assurance Americans have been given that we can reach those goals is to trust the President and his Administration at their word. ↗

— Patrick J. Kennedy

#administration #assurance #been #given #goals

Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. ↗

— Robert Kennedy

#criminal #deserves #enforcement #equally #every

I was the seventh of nine children. When you come from that far down you have to struggle to survive. ↗

— Robert Kennedy

#come #down #far #i #nine

I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life. ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#die #give #great #hope #i

I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service. ↗

— John F. Kerry

#both #courage #i #includes #just

But one of the things I learned is that when you fight for something you believe in and you tell the truth and you do your best, you can always hold your head up high and no one can take that away from you. ↗

— Vanessa Kerry

#away #believe #best #do your best #fight

I, for one, am actually still incredibly idealistic, and I still can credibly or very strongly believe that you have to keep fighting for what you believe in, because it's only when you stop that you've truly lost. ↗

— Vanessa Kerry

#am #because #believe #fighting #i