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John F. Kennedy on Justice

1917–1963 United States

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Disarmament without checks is but a shadow — and a community without law is but a shell.

Third, and finally, the educated citizen has an obligation to uphold the law.

Certain other societies may respect the rule of force — we respect the rule of law.

But life is never easy. There is work to be done and obligations to be met — obligations to truth, to justice, and to liberty.

This right of free choice is no special privilege claimed by the Germans alone. It is an elemental requirement of human justice.

Secondly, what does justice require? In the end, it requires liberty.

The voters selected us, in short, because they had confidence in our judgement and our ability to exercise that judgement from a position where we could determine what were their own best interest, as a part of the nation's interest.

Profiles in Courage (1956)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John F. Kennedy (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.