John Fitzgerald
John Fitzgerald
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We shall need compromises in the days ahead, to be sure. But these will be, or should be, compromises of issues, not principles. We can compromise our political positions, but not ourselves. We can resolve the clash of interests without conceding our ideals. And even the necessity for the right kind of compromise does not eliminate the need for those idealists and reformers who keep our compromises moving ahead, who prevent all political situations from meeting the description supplied by Shaw: ""smirched with compromise, rotted with opportunism, mildewed by expedience, stretched out of shape with wirepulling and putrefied with permeation.""Compromise need not mean cowardice. ...
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We stand today on the edge of a new frontier-the frontier of the 1960s, a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils-a frontier of unfulfilled hopes and threats.
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Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be a s big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.
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It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights - even if the new way to stand up for one's rights is to sit down
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Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind... War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.
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That city is just looking for an excuse to get together and party. I loved my time there.
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The pressure is always there and this match was decided by a couple of points. It's just a matter of winning the right points at the right time and that's what they did.
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Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily lives, and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom
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Dante once said that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintain their neutrality
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I have played 11 years of Davis Cup and I think once I won a fifth rubber so it doesn't come around that often. It is a special moment for Chris.
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The basis of effective government if public confidence.
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Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory.
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As they say on my own Cape Cod, a rising tide lifts all the boats
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Argentina are a mighty strong nation in men's tennis. It's a tough ask but a good challenge.