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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 17, 1960

Without adequate day time care during their most formative years the children of the Nation risk permanent damage to their emotional and moral character.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 17, 1960

I want to make it clear that the United States is a great revolutionary country, that believes in the most extraordinary doctrine that man has ever put forward.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 17, 1960

It is my firm belief that we can build a stronger and healthier America to work toward our goal of peace with justice throughout the world.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 17, 1960

Certainly the child welfare program and other services established under the Social Security Act should be expanded.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 17, 1960

I believe that the businessman's first concern is that of every other citizen of the United States - the security, progress, and well-being of our country.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 17, 1960

I think the reason that you are here is the same reason that I run for the Presidency of the United States this year in 1960, and that is because all of us are devoted to our country, wish to serve it, wish the best for it, wish it to be…

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 17, 1960

Its brightest days are bound to come in the years of the 1960's and 1970's, and what I feel we have to do, and I say this after 14 years in the Congress, after serving in the Senate for 8 years with both of your Senators, in the House of…

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 17, 1960

Anybody who aspires to the Presidency of the United States must have the objectivity and detachment to listen to and evaluate every responsible point of view.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 17, 1960

Our ability to meet our commitments around the globe has been critically impaired by the failure to develop an airlift capacity sufficient to move our forces to developing trouble spots;

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