New and Improved Quotation for Today: JFK Week

All this week we are celebrating the immortal words of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, our 35th President. “JFK,” as he is often called, is generally regarded as among the finest orators ever to hold the nation’s highest office, on a par with Washington, Lincoln, and the Roosevelts.

Original: “There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.” – John F. Kennedy

Improved: “There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the risks and costs of a hooker in Sub-Saharan Africa!”

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