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If anyone is crazy enough

If anyone is crazy enough to want to kill a president of the United States, he can do it. All he must be prepared to do is give his life for the president's.
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Like dealing with Dad-all give

Like dealing with Dad-all give and no take. (On negotiating with Soviet Premier Nikita S Khrushchev)
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You never know what's hit

You never know what's hit you. A gunshot is the perfect way. (When asked how he would choose to die)
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We stand today on the

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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The new frontier of which

The new frontier of which I speak is not a set of promises-it is a set of challenges. It sums up not what I intend to offer the American people, but what I intend to ask of them. It appeals to their pride, not their pocketbook-it holds out the promise of more sacrifice instead of more security.
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Modern cynics and skeptics ...

Modern cynics and skeptics ... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a smaller wage than is paid to those to whom they entrust the care of their plumbing.
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I want to emphasize in

I want to emphasize in the great concentration which we now place upon scientists and engineers how much we still need the men and women educated in the liberal tradition, willing to take the long look, undisturbed by prejudices and slogans of the moment, who attempt to make an honest judgment on difficult events.
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Irrational barriers and ancient prejudices

Irrational barriers and ancient prejudices fall quickly when the question of survival itself is at stake.
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There are three things which

There are three things which are real God, human folly, and laughter. The first two are beyond our comprehension. So we must do what we can with the third.
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Let us resolve to be

Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.
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