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“But the question is how we will compromise and with whom. For it is easy to seize upon unnecessary concessions, not as means of legitimately resolving conflicts but as methods of “going along.””

— John F. Kennedy

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Wikiquote: John F. Kennedy
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Source: Profiles in Courage Excerpts. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum. Archived from the original on August 17, 2025. Retrieved August 17, 2025.

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Kennedy, John F.. (n.d.). Wikiquote: John F. Kennedy. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy

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