John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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"If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him."	Art, Freedom, Liberty
"Washington [D.C.] is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm."	Miscellaneous
"Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education."	Education, School, Teaching
"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 man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on."	Death, Life, Men
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."	Ability, Peace, Violence
"The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistant, persuasive and unrealistic."	Determination, Excellence, Honesty
"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
"Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names."	Forgiveness
"We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world - or to make it the last."	History, Men, Power
"When asked about his favorite song, I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it."	Miscellaneous
"The full use of your powers along lines of excellence. - definition of happiness by John F. Kennedy."	Excellence, Greatness, Happiness
"We must use time as a tool, not as a couch."	Time
"Khrushchev reminds me of the tiger hunter who has picked a place on the wall to hang the tiger's skin long before he has caught the tiger. This tiger has other ideas."	Miscellaneous
"Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."	Happiness, Joy
"There are many people in the world who really don't understand-or say they don't-what is the great issue between the free world and the Communist world. ... Let them come to Berlin!"	Communism, Excellence, Freedom
"My father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches, but I never believed it till now." (On steel industry executives who increased prices)"	Age, Lies, Men
"The freedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those who say, "What's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable."	Ability, Freedom, Liberty
"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
"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
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Ability	Accomplishment	Achievement
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