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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 22, 1960

The Communist challenge must be met not only with military might but in the Christian spirit of feeding the hungry.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 22, 1960

I don't mind running against Mr. Nixon, but I have good enough sense not to run against the Green Bay Packers.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 22, 1960

The farm depression, coupled with the general sag in the economy, is America’s No.1 economic problem in 1960.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 22, 1960

The father who owns a farm and has thousands of dollars invested in farm equipment ends the year with less return than his factory-employed son 'who's invested in one pair of working gloves.'

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 22, 1960

We need a strong economy if we are going to meet our obligations to the underdeveloped world, to maintain our defenses, to meet our needs in education and health and housing.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 22, 1960

Forward, and that is what this country must do, that is the direction it must take, that is the direction it will take November 8, when we make an affirmative decision.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 22, 1960

It is the responsibility of the people speaking through their National Government, speaking through their President, to accord them those rights.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 22, 1960

If we are to secure peace in the 1960's, if we ever hope to negotiate an effective arms control agreement, we must act immediately.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 22, 1960

It is an old issue that has been fought in this country year after year, political generation after political generation, and that is between the happy and the content and the fat, and the concerned and those who look forward.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 22, 1960

Your telegram to me tonight clearly indicates I was right in calling for such a debate - for the distortions of the record concerning my position on Cuba exceed any others you have made during this campaign.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 22, 1960

We must reject all proposals such as those of the Department of Commerce and the Budget Bureau of the Eisenhower-Nixon administration for imposition of burdens upon the use of the waterways - including tolls, toll-equivalent taxes and…

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