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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 23, 1960

The kind of society we build here, the kind of country we develop here, that is the test of our ability to lead around the world.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 23, 1960

I look at outer space, I look at Africa, I look at Latin America, and in all of the new problems which disturbed our lives in the fifties, this administration has not responded, it has not taken the initiative.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 23, 1960

On all the great issues which disturb our country, minimum wage, social security, unemployment compensation, houses, roads, schools, hospitals, our parties have divided and we have divided, and the great questions for the 1960's are how is…

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 23, 1960

It is more than a contest between the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. It is a contest between the contented and the concerned, between those who wish to stand still and those who wish to move ahead.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 23, 1960

I want the people of the world to wake up in the morning and wonder what the United States is doing, not what Mr. Khrushchev is doing.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 23, 1960

I believe as in 1932, the United States is going to decide to move into the sixties, to provide work for our people, to strengthen our country, and set an example of what freedom can do around the world.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 23, 1960

I have asked Mr. Nixon to participate in a fifth debate which I think should cover the question of Cuba and other important problems facing the American people.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 23, 1960

I am confident I am talking to the rulers of America, in the sense that all educated men and women have the obligation to accept the discipline of self-government.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 23, 1960

We are up early and up late, and we are not going to slumber or rest until November 8, when the Democrats are given the lead.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 23, 1960

I run for the Presidency in the most serious time in the life of our country and these issues involve the security of everybody here.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 23, 1960

I believe this country can do better by its retired citizens - and we can start in November by retiring Mr. Nixon.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 23, 1960

I want to talk with you this evening not about the missile gap... but the 'Nixon gap,' the difference between Mr. Nixon's campaign promises and his actual record.

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