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The impersonal hand of government

The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.
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When the dignity of one

When the dignity of one person is denied, all of us are denied.
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There are those who say

There are those who say to you -- we are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late.
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I think the worst thing

I think the worst thing this nation could do for humanity would be to leave any uncertainty as to our will, our purpose and our capacity to carry out our purpose.
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People in places many of

People in places many of us never heard of, whose names we can't pronounce or even spell, are speaking up for themselves. They speak in languages we once classified as exotic but whose mastery is now essential for our diplomats and businessmen. But what they say is very much the same the world over. They want a decent standard of living. They want human dignity and a voice in their own futures. They want their children to grow up strong and healthy and free.
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The great challenge which faces

The great challenge which faces us is to assure that, in our society of big-ness, we do not strangle the voice of creativity, that the rules of the game do not come to overshadow its purpose, that the grand orchestration of society leaves ample room for the man who marches to the music of another drummer.
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For the first time in

For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power to destroy the past, the present and the future, the power to bring time to an end.
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To be realistic today is

To be realistic today is to be visionary. To be realistic is to be starry-eyed.
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Never answer a question from

Never answer a question from a farmer.
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Fortunately, the time has long

Fortunately, the time has long passed when people liked to regard the United States as some kind of melting pot, taking men and women from every part of the world and converting them into standardized, homogenized Americans. We are, I think, much more mature and wise today. Just as we welcome a world of diversity, so we glory in an America of diversity -- an America all the richer for the many different and distinctive strands of which it is woven.
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