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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 11, 1960

I think that there is no problem which should occupy the attention of the next administration in foreign policy more immediately than reestablishing the harmonious relations which existed in the administration of Franklin Roosevelt.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 11, 1960

The new frontier of which I speak does not consist of the things which we promise we will do for you; it consists of the things which you can do for your country.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 11, 1960

I ask you tonight to follow in that tradition - to judge me on the basis of my record of 14 years in Congress.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 11, 1960

Times and the problems since the Good Neighbor Policy have changed, but the thing that was most important about Roosevelt's administration was the atmosphere that was established, the feeling of interest and support he gave to the people…

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 11, 1960

You know in Texas that you live or die, that you are at war or at peace, that you are secure or in danger, not based upon the policies of one district or one State, but based upon the policies of the United States.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 11, 1960

In the American Revolution, Thomas Paine said, 'The cause of America is the cause of all mankind;' I think in 1960, the cause of all mankind is the cause of America.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 11, 1960

I ask you to join us in this great effort, and I can assure you that if we are successful, this country will begin to move again.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 11, 1960

And right there lies one of the great issues in this campaign - an issue that divides the parties and the candidates.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 11, 1960

I don't think that it is any inaccuracy that before this country broke up in 1861 the Democratic Party first broken up in Charleston, S.C., in 1860.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 11, 1960

If we are elected, every American, man or woman, who seeks to work will find it in a growing and expanding economy.

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