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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 27, 1960

Presidents may change, but the power of the United States, in the balance of world politics, in the balance of the power struggle of the world, is the great force on the side of freedom.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 27, 1960

This is a contest between all of us, between all of us who want to reach for the future, between all of us who have unlimited confidence in this country's capacity to lead and be great, all of us who look with confidence and hope to the…

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 27, 1960

I think we are moving through a somber time, and I don't think there are any easy answers to any of the problems that we face.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 27, 1960

This is a struggle really in a larger sense between two different concepts of government which has gone on for many years, and which continues in 1960.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 27, 1960

I run for the Presidency with full recognition that the problems facing the next President of the United States are more complicated and more difficult and more burdensome than they have ever been in the past.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 27, 1960

I would for example, sign - not veto - legislation helping local communities to deal with their water problems by building sewage-disposal plants.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 27, 1960

I welcome the opportunity for the United States to demonstrate that it is a vigorous and vital society, that it can maintain its defenses, that it can build an educational system second to none, that it can maintain employment at a time…

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