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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 16, 1960

I do not want our politics colored by considerations of national security, and I do not want our national security colored by considerations of politics.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 16, 1960

We merely do not run for office, but we also seek to establish a basic point, that what this country is now doing is not good enough.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 16, 1960

I have spoken many times this fall about the need for a new spirit in Washington - a spirit of dedication - an enthusiasm for progress - a willingness to meet new challenges on the New Frontier of the sixties.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 16, 1960

Perhaps lastly because if this country is going to not only survive, to endure, but to prevail, at least its system, then there must be the closest cooperation between our universities and our politicians, between our academicians and…

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 16, 1960

But if you hold the view, whether you are a farmer, whether you are an industrial worker, whether you are a citizen, whether you have children in school who want and need a good education, whether you have a view of the United States as…

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 16, 1960

I believe that the decline in agricultural income is the most difficult and important domestic problem facing the United States, both because of its effect on farmers and because of its effect on industry.

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