In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.
John F. Kennedy
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- We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination.
- I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.
- Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes... can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.
- If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
- The best road to progress is freedom's road.