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“War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.”
“There are indications because of new inventions, that 10, 15, or 20 nations will have a nuclear capacity, including Red China, by the end of the Presidential office in 1964. This is extremely serious. . . I think the fate not only of our own civilization, but I think the fate of world and the future of the human race, is involved in preventing a nuclear war.”
“...what really counts is not the immediate act of courage or of valor, but those who bear the struggle day in and day out — not the sunshine patriots but those who are willing to stand for a long period of time.”
“There are those who regard this history of past strife and exile as better forgotten. But, to use the phrase of Yeats, let us not casually reduce "that great past to a trouble of fools." For we need not feel the bitterness of the past to discover its meaning for the present and the future.”
“The artist, however faithful to his personal vision of reality, becomes the last champion of the individual mind and sensibility against an intrusive society and an officious state. The great artist is thus a solitary figure.”
“What would Lincoln have been without the Civil War? Just another railroad lawyer!”
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Not who you're looking for? Others named John Kennedy: Scottish association football player · politician in Manitoba, Canada (1867-1927) · musician (20th century) · British cricketer (born 1931)
Sir John Kennedy (26 September 1838 – 25 October 1921) was a Canadian civil engineer.
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