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Accepting his John F. Kennedy Profiles in Courage Award<\/strong> “To know John Kennedy, as I did, was to understand the true meaning of the word. He understood that courage is not something to be gauged in a poll or located in a focus group.
\nNo adviser can spin it. No historian can backdate it. For, in the age old contest between popularity and principle, only those willing to lose for their convictions are deserving of posterity’s approval.” <\/p>\n

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