John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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"A child miseducated is a child lost."	Education, School, Teaching
"A man does what he must-in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures-and that is the basis of all human morality."	Anger, Men
"A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on."	Death, Life, Men
"A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today--and in fact we have forgotten."	Age, Courage, History
"A rising tide lifts all boats."	Sin
"Above all, we are coming to understand that the arts incarnate the creativity of a free people. When the creative impulse cannot flourish, when it cannot freely select its methods and objects, when it is deprived of spontaneity, then society severs the root of art."	Art, Creativity, Freedom
"All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner!"	Freedom, Liberty, Life
"All this will not be finished in the first hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first thousand days, nor in the life of this administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin."	Life, Time
"And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man."	America, Freedom, Liberty
"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future."	Change, History, Law
"Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names."	Forgiveness
"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." (To Canadian Parliament)"	Art, Friends, History
"I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris, and I have enjoyed it."	Happiness, Joy, Men
"I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times."	Change, Intelligence, Time
"I hear it said that West Berlin is militarily untenable-and so was Bastogne, and so, in fact, was Stalingrad. Any danger spot is tenable if men-brave men-will make it so."	Ability, Anger, Courage
"I hope that no American ... will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant."	America, Hope, Religion
"I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty."	America, Beauty, Fear
"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."	Ability, Knowledge, Men
"I want to emphasize in the great concentration which we now place upon scientists and engineers how much we still need the men and women educated in the liberal tradition, willing to take the long look, undisturbed by prejudices and slogans of the moment, who attempt to make an honest judgment on difficult events."	Adversity, Desires, Difficulty
"If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich."	Freedom, Help, Liberty
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Adversity	Age	America
Anger	Art	Beauty
Books	Change	Character
Choice	Communism	Courage
Creativity	Death	Desires
Destiny	Determination	Difficulty
Doubt	Duty	Education
Effort	Excellence	Failure
Faith	Fate	Fear
Forgiveness	Freedom	Friends
Generosity	Goals	Greatness
Guns	Happiness	Help
History	Honesty	Hope
Humor	Imagination	Intelligence
Intentions	Joy	Justice
Knowledge	Laughter	Law
Leadership	Learning	Liberty
Lies	Life	Loyalty
Men	Military	Miscellaneous
Opportunity	Peace	Persistence
Poetry	Power	Pride
Reading	Religion	Responsibility
School	Sin	Success
Talent	Teaching	Time
Truth	Violence	Wants
War	Wisdom	Wishing
Women	Writing