Alexander Hamilton:
The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct permanent share in the government... Can a democratic assembly who annually revolve in the mass of the people be supposed steadily to pursue the public good?

John F. Kennedy quotes

I know there is a God - I see the storm coming and I see his hand in it - if he has a place then I am ready - we see the hand.
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Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
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A child miseducated is a child lost.
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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.
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A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.
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A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
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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.
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A revolution is coming - a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate if we care enough; successful if we are fortunate enough - but a revolution which is coming whether we will it or not. We can affect its character, we cannot alter its inevitability.
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A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living. Today's military rejects include tomorrow's hard-core unemployed.
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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!"
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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.
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America has tossed its cap over the wall of space.
And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
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Art, that great undogmatized church.
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As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
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