There is inherited wealth in this country and also inherited poverty.

—John F. Kennedy

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Massachusetts in both houses of the U.S. Congress before his presidency. Kennedy...

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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.

—John F. Kennedy

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The pay is good and I can walk to work.

—John F. Kennedy

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

—John F. Kennedy

There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.

—John F. Kennedy

And so, my fellow americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.

—John F. Kennedy

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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.

Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.

It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.

—Thomas Browne

Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.

Though I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, it hasn't changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I'm just wearing better shoes.

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