Thursday, November 22, 2007

November 22, 1963

A man may die, nations may rise and fall,

but an idea lives on.

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I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.

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When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

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Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.

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Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House.

- John F. Kennedy

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- Garry J. Wise, Toronto

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