Wednesday, December 23, 2009

John F. Kennedy

"And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."

"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men."

"For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future."

"Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction."

"I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose."

"It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war."

"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty."

"The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission."

"There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction."

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