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

John F. Kennedy

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Reform vs. revolution Reform Revolution Political progress Politics

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John F. Kennedy

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Speeches of John F. Kennedy

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Speech

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Political speech

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English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

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American President National leader Politician

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United States

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Kennedy, John F. Address on the First Anniversary of the Alliance for Progress. 13 Mar. 1977, State Dining Room, The White House, Washington, DC, USA.

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If all men were just, there still would be some, though not so much, need of government.

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Abraham Lincoln
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Lincoln, Abraham. "Fragment: On Government." 1 July 1854?

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If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him?

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English
Time
1865 1860s 19th century
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