John F. Kennedy: “Members of the Congress, the Constitution makes us not rivals for…”

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Members of the Congress, the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress.

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John F. Kennedy

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Kennedy highlights the collaborative nature of governance as a partnership for progress rather than rivalry.

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And while no nation has ever faced such a challenge, no nation has ever been so ready to seize the burden and the glory of freedom.

All of us together--this Administration, this Congress, this nation--must forge those answers.

But there is no comfort or security for us in evasion, no solution in abdication, no relief in irresponsibility.

The choices we make, for good or ill, may well shape the state of the Union for generations yet to come.

John F. Kennedy: “Members of the Congress, the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress.”