"Never before has man had such a..." - Quote by John F Kennedy
Never before has man had such a great capacity to control his own environment, to end hunger, poverty and disease, to banish illiteracy and human misery. We have the power to make the best generation of mankind in the history of the world.
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“I am the one person who can truthfully say, I got my job through the New York Times.”
“The high office of the President has been used to foment a plot to destroy the American's freedom and before I leave office, I must inform the citizens of this plight.”
“If the self-discipline of the free cannot match the iron discipline of the mailed fist, in economic, political, scientific, and all the other kinds of struggles, as well as the military, then the peril to freedom will continue to rise.”
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“I no longer want to walk on worn soles.”
“Here, I think, lies our real dilemma. Probably we cannot, certainly we shall not, retrace our steps. We are tamed animals (some with kind, some with cruel, masters) and should probably starve if we got out of our cage. That is one horn of the dilemma. But in an increasingly planned society, how much of what I value can survive? That is the other horn.”
“By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid only of standing still.”
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“Man can find no better retreat from the world than art, and man can find no stronger link with the world than art.”
“The many factors which divide us are actually much more superficial than those we share. Despite all of the things that differentiate us - race, language, religion, gender, wealth and so on - we are all equal concerning our fundamental humanity.”
“But man is freer than all the animals, on account of his free-will, with which he is endowed above all other animals.”