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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 6, 1960

In 1961 we will reverse these policies which waste and destroy our abundant wealth of timber - and return to an imaginative and adequate program of forest management.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 6, 1960

I call for the new frontier and when I do so I don't say what I am going to promise to do for you, if I am elected.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 6, 1960

We are losing the respect of the peoples of the world primarily because we are in danger of losing those qualities they have always respected.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 6, 1960

It is time for a program which views this Nation's abundant forests as a challenge and an opportunity - not as an unwanted burden.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 6, 1960

I would hope that it might be possible for some agreement to be entered into by the Soviet Union and the United States and other countries who are interested in space, and all countries are.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 6, 1960

I come to this valley in this fair today asking you to join me in this great national effort to rebuild the strength of America here and around the world.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 6, 1960

I think we can demonstrate in the next 10 years, in the next 40 years, that our high noon is in the future, that our best days are ahead that our system is in keeping with the basic aspirations of the human people, all over the globe, and…

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 6, 1960

It is time for a program which encourages the construction of decent homes for all Americans - rather than a program which retreats from growth and progress.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 6, 1960

The hard, tough question for the next decade, for this or any other group of Americans, regardless of their party, is whether we or the Communist world can best demonstrate the vitality of our system.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 6, 1960

We had a recession in 1954, we had a recession in 1948, we have a plateau today, which may lead to some difficulties in 1961, unless we can get the economy of the United States moving at the kind of growth which we see not just in the…

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 6, 1960

Anybody in any position, sports, acting, teaching, housewives, whatever, if they want to participate and be active for either party, I think it is a good thing.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 6, 1960

There is not any doubt in my mind that our system of checks and balances, which I strongly support, cannot work effectively unless the House, the Senate, and the Presidency are working together for the general interest.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 6, 1960

It was a source of regret to me that this last session of the Congress failed to pass a Federal aid to education bill.

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