It smells terrible in here.'

Well, what do you expect? The human body, when confined, produces certain odors which we tend to forget in this age of deodorants and other perversions. Actually, I find the atmosphere of this room rather comforting. Schiller needed the scent of apples rotting in his desk in order to write. I, too, have my needs. You may remember that Mark Twain preferred to lie supinely in bed while composing those rather dated and boring efforts which contemporary scholars try to prove meaningful. Veneration of Mark Twain is one of the roots of our current intellectual stalemate.


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JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burde...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters-one represents danger, and ...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world -- or the ...
JOHN F. KENNEDY
It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
Most of us are conditioned for many years to have a political viewpoint -- Republican or Democratic,...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
Don't buy a single vote more than necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad a...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government -- he promised Dad he'd go straight.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie--diliberate, contrived, and dishonest--but th...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world - or to ma...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it re...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, me...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
There is always inequity in life. Some men are killed in a war, and some men are wounded, and some m...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
Life is unfair.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have th...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks an...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. Our requirements for worl...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us t...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
It might be said now that I have the best of both worlds: a Harvard education and a Yale degree.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
My experience in government is that when things are non-controversial and beautifully coordinated, t...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
My experience in government is that when things are non-controversial and beautifully coordinated, t...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myt...
JOHN F. KENNEDY
The day before my inauguration President Eisenhower told me, You'll find that no easy problems ever ...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicia...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
As far as the job of President goes, its rewarding and I've given before this group the definition o...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; th...
JOHN F. KENNEDY
We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but b...
JOHN F. KENNEDY
People have not been horrified by war to a sufficient extent... War will exist until that distant da...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what i...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
There is a terrific disadvantage in not having the abrasive quality of the press applied to you dail...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
We prefer world law, in the age of self-determination, to world war in the age of mass extermination...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
Written in Chinese, the word crisis, is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the ot...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shinning.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
We hold the view that the people make the best judgment in the long run.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
But peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all ...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barri...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
World peace, like community peace, does not require that each man love his neighbor -- it requires o...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
... ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending fre...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burde...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
It is time for a new generation of leadership, to cope with new problems and new opportunities. For ...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY
The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds.
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY