For in the final analysis, our most basic common link, is that we all inhabit this small planet, we all breathe the same air, we all cherish our children’s futures, and we are all mortal.

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…probably the greatest concentration of talent and genius in this house except for perhaps those times when Thomas Jefferson ate alone.

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We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda it is a form of truth.

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The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.

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The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.

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Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

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The men who create power make an indispensable contribution to the Nations greatness, but the men who question power make a contribution just as indispensable, especially when that questioning is disinterested, for they determine whether we use power or power uses us.

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If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

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And so, my fellow americans ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. 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.

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Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind.

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Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

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We need men who can dream of things that never were.

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The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the gods.

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