Amherst
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When power corrupts, poetry cleanses. For art establishes the basic human truth, which must serve as the touchstone of our judgment.
Remarks at Amherst College upon receiving an Honorary Degree, October 26, 1963, Public Papers of the President: John F. Kennedy, 1963
Amherst
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...The highest duty of the writer, the composer, the artist is to remain true to himself and to let the chips fall where they may.
Remarks at Amherst College upon receiving an Honorary Degree, October 26, 1963, Public Papers of the President: John F. Kennedy, 1963
Amherst
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A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers.
Remarks at Amherst College upon receiving an Honorary Degree, October 26, 1963, Public Papers of the President: John F. Kennedy, 1963
Amherst
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If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
Remarks at Amherst College upon receiving an Honorary Degree, October 26, 1963, Public Papers of the President: John F. Kennedy, 1963
Amherst
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When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations.
Remarks at Amherst College upon receiving an Honorary Degree, October 26, 1963, Public Papers of the President: John F. Kennedy, 1963
Berlin
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Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free.
Speech at the Rathaus Schöneberg in West Berlin, Germany, June 26, 1963
Berlin
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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«
Speech at the Rathaus Schöneberg in West Berlin, Germany, June 26, 1963
Frankfurt
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Partnership is not a posture but a process – a continuous process that grows stronger each year as we devote ourselves to common tasks.
Address in the Assembly Hall at the Paulskirche, Frankfurt, West Germany, June 25, 1963
Frankfurt
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Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
Address in the Assembly Hall at the Paulskirche, Frankfurt, West Germany, June 25, 1963
Greenville, North Carolina
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A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death.
Remarks recorded for the opening of a USIA transmitter at Greenville, North Carolina, February 8, 1963
Houston, Texas
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The greater our knowledge increases, the more our ignorance unfolds.
Address at Rice University on the nation’s space effort, Houston, TX, September 12, 1962
Nashville
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...Liberty without learning is always in peril, and learning without liberty is always in vain.
Nashville at the 90th Anniversary Convocation of Vanderbilt University, May 18, 1963
New York
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Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind.
Address before the General Assembly of the United Nations, September 25, 1961
New York
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We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.
Address in New York City to the National Association of Manufacturers (496), December 5, 1961, Public Papers of the Presidents: John F. Kennedy, 1961
New York
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Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.
United States Committee for UNICEF, July 25, 1963, Box 11, President‘s Outgoing Executive Correspondence Series, White House Central Chronological File, Presidential Papers, Papers of John F. Kennedy.
New York
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...Peace does not rest in charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all people.
Speech before the 18th General Assembly of the United Nations, September 20, 1963
New York
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My fellow inhabitants of this planet: Let us take our stand here in this Assembly of Nations. And let us see if we, in our own time, can move the world to a just and lasting peace.
Speech before the 18th General Assembly of the United Nations, September 20, 1963
Pueblo, Colorado
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A rising tide lifts all the boats.
Remarks in Pueblo, Colorado following approval of the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project (336), August 17, 1962, Public Papers of the President: John F. Kennedy, 1962
Washington, D.C.
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The great revolution in the history of man, past, present and future, is the revolution of those determined to be free.
Message to Chairman Khrushchev concerning the meaning of events in Cuba, April 18, 1961
Washington, D.C.
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If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
Inaugural Address in Washington, January 20, 1961
Washington, D.C.
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I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we, too, will be remembered not for victories or defeats in battle or in politics, but for our contribution to the human spirit.
Remarks at a closed-circuit television broadcast on behalf of the National Cultural Center (527), November 29, 1962, Public Papers of the President: John F. Kennedy, 1962
Washington, D.C.
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...for 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.
Remarks on the 20th anniversary of the Voice of America, February 26, 1962
Washington, D.C.
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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.
Proclamation 3560 - Thanksgiving Day, November 5, 1963
Washington, D.C.
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This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.
Message to the Congress on the State of the Union (12), January 14, 1963, Public Papers of the President: John F. Kennedy, 1963
Washington, D.C.
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We shall be judged more by what we do at home than by what we preach abroad.
Annual Message to the Congress on the State of the Union, January 14, 1963
Washington, D.C.
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...Our most basic common link is that we inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal.
Commencement Address, American University, June 10, 1963