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A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.
A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.
Approximate author period: c. 1940 AD · modern
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- John F. Kennedy
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- Approximate author period: c. 1940 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1917 to 1963; Wikidata Q9696, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9696 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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