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“The men who create power make an indispensable contribution to the Nation's greatness, but the men who question power make a contribution just as indispensable, especially when that questioning is disinterested, for they determine whether we use power or power uses us.
— John F. Kennedy
35th President of the United States
Remarks at Amherst College (26 October 1963)
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