The mere absence of war is not peace. The mere absence of recession is not growth.
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All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talents.John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The full use of your powers along lines of excellence.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth Gods work must truly be our own.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The so-called 'missile gap', a mainstay of Cold War rhetoric, was cited by the Kennedy campaign to justify its proposed increases in defense spending. Once in power, the Kennedy Administration proved less eager to publicize the embarrassing truth, that the United States had always been in a position of nuclear superiority. In short, the deterrent ratio might well shift to the Soviets so heavily, during the years of the missile gap, as to open to them a shortcut to world domination.... In the years of the gap, the Soviets may be expected to use their superior striking ability to achieve their objective in many ways which may not require launching an actual attack. Their missile power will be the shield from behind which they will slowly, but surely, advance....
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
History will never accept difficulties as an excuse.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The Kennedy Administration's public pronouncements on the matter suggested that the presence of Soviet nuclear missiles in Castro's Cuba would represent an unacceptable strategic threat to the United States.... This urgent transformation of Cuba into an important strategic base by the presence of these large, long-range, and clearly offensive weapons of sudden mass-destruction constitutes an explicit threat to the peace and security of all the Americas....
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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