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Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.

- John F. Kennedy

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Idea May Man

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.

- John F. Kennedy

Education Now

It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds. A Harvard education and a Yale degree.

- John F. Kennedy

Opportunity

When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.

- John F. Kennedy

Freedom History World

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.

- John F. Kennedy

Time

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

- John F. Kennedy

Life

Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.

- John F. Kennedy

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Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.

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