"The great battleground for the defense and..." - Quote by John F Kennedy
The great battleground for the defense and expansion of freedom today is the whole southern half of the globe... the lands of the rising peoples. Their revolution is the greatest in human history. They seek an end to injustice, tyranny and exploitation. More than an end, they seek a beginning.
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“So let us persevere. Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be inevitable. By defining our goal more clearly, by making it seem more manageable and less remote, we can help all peoples to see it, to draw hope from it, and to move irresistibly toward it.”
“We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.”
“We are under exercised as a nation. We look instead of play. We ride instead of walk. Our existence deprives us of the minimum of physical activity essential for healthy living.”
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“He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.”
“So on this Human Rights Day, let us rededicate ourselves to the advancement of human rights and freedoms for all, and pledge always to live by the ideals we promote to the world.”
“I devote myself to what I love the most, and for this very reason I hesitate to designate it with lofty words: I do not want to risk believing that it is a sublime compulsion, a law, which I obey: I love what I love the most too much to wish to appear to it as one compelled.”
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“People will endure their tyrants for years, but they tear their deliverers to pieces if a millennium is not created immediately.”
“If ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independence.”
“Revolution is based on land. Land is the basis of all independence. Land is the basis of freedom, justice, and equality.”