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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 14, 1960

I spent long enough in the Pacific Ocean to know the difficulties with which Mr. Nixon is now facing the United States, if he has his way.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 14, 1960

I am delighted to be here with my friend and colleague in the Senate, who has fought for Pennsylvania and this country, with your distinguished Governor, the great sports columnist, Gov. David Lawrence.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 14, 1960

If the United States is going to meet its commitments around the world, and I favor the United States meeting all of its commitments, if we are going to maintain in this country and around the world the cause of freedom, if we are going to…

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 14, 1960

I am willing to debate the wisdom of challenging the Red Chinese to a nuclear war over a couple of islands that every military authority says are strategically worthless and which cannot be defended except by nuclear war.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 14, 1960

I have said on many occasions that Pennsylvania is key to the success of this election and also I believe Pennsylvania, a great industrial complex, has seen the effects of 8 years of Republican indifference to the needs of this State and…

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 13, 1960

I want to make it very clear that I believe that the United States must have an educational system second to none.

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