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There’s an old saying that victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.
John F. Kennedy Kennedy’s Bay of Pigs News Conference · 1961

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“There’s an old saying that victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.”

John F. Kennedy · Kennedy’s Bay of Pigs News Conference, 1961 · Primary source

“I am the responsible officer of the government [regarding the failed invasion of Cuba].”

John F. Kennedy · Kennedy’s Bay of Pigs News Conference, 1961 · Primary source

“Perhaps if the American people more fully comprehended the terrible pressures which discourage acts of political courage, which drive a Senator to abandon or subdue his conscience, then they might be less critical of those who take the easier road—and more appreciative of those still able to follow the path of courage.”

John F. Kennedy · Profiles in Courage, 1956 · Primary source

“The President has paid dear for his White House. It has commonly cost him all his peace.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Compensation, 1841 · Primary source

“Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans.”

John F. Kennedy · Inaugural Address of President John F. Kennedy, 1961 · Primary source

“Not all Senators would agree—but few would deny that the desire to be re-elected exercises a strong brake on independent courage.”

John F. Kennedy · Profiles in Courage, 1956 · Primary source

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2 authors · 4 works · 12 themes · 27 tags
Authors
Ralph Waldo Emerson American essayist and philosopherJohn F. Kennedy President of the United States
Works
Profiles in Courage John F. Kennedy · 1956Inaugural Address of President John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy · 1961Compensation Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1841
Themes
Success attracts creditFailure tests accountabilityResponsibility for failure
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AccountabilityFailurePolitical courageResponsibility
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