"The physical fitness of our citizens is..." - Quote by John F Kennedy
The physical fitness of our citizens is a vital prerequisite to America's realization of its full potential as a nation, and to the opportunity of each individual citizen to make full and fruitful use of his capacities.
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“If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.”
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“Football today is far too much a sport for the few who can play it well; the rest of us, and too many of our children, get out exercise from climbing up the seats in stadiums, or from walking across the room to turn on our television sets.”
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“You've got to keep yourself in prime physical condition, because fatigue makes cowards of us all.”
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“Whether or not the world would be vastly benefited by a total banishment from it of all intoxicating drinks seems not now an open question. Three-fourths of mankind confess the affirmative with their tongues, and I believe all the rest acknowledge it in their hearts.”
“I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form.”
“Exercise and temperance can preserve something of our early strength even in old age.”