The exploration of space will go ahead, whether we join in it or not, and it is one of the great adventures of all time, and no nation which expects to be the leader of other nations can expect to stay behind in the race for space.

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"Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country."

- John F. Kennedy

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"Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other."

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"Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan."

- John F. Kennedy

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"Change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past and present are certain to miss the future"

- John F. Kennedy

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"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future."

- John F. Kennedy

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- Dwight D. Eisenhower

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- Harvey Mackay

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"Leaders can let you fail and yet not let you be a failure."

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"An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage."

- Jack Welch

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