John F. Kennedy Quotes
History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.
Kennedy, John F. "Address in Seattle at the University of Washington's 100th Anniversary Program." Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961, United States Government Printing Office, 1962, p. 726.
This line from one of O’Neill’s characters was adopted for a History Masthead Slogan. See XXX.
As a refugee from Communist Europe where history and memory constantly affect the lives of people for centuries if not millennia, he became a forward thinking individual and wanted to avoid people being mired in the past.
The Pashto people reside in Afghanistan and environs. They are the largest tribe in Afghanistan.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, often referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his work as president concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba. A Democrat, Kennedy represented Massachusetts in both houses of the U.S. Congress prior to becoming president.
