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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Jan 31, 1961

It's easier to sit with a map and talk about what ought to be done than to see it done.

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 25, 1960

In America, the people, if they are armed with the truth, can be trusted to make the right decision.

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 23, 1960

In 1961 the buck will stop on the desk of the President, will involve more serious problems, involving decisions more highly sophisticated than any in the long history of the United States.

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 21, 1960

This is a great country, but this country cannot move forward unless the people of this country will make a decision for progress on November 8.

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 21, 1960

The point I want to make, however, is that most of the difficult decisions which the next President will meet will involve problems about which we have thought very little.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Sep 2, 1957

I don't see any particularly constructive step that we can take at this moment.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Feb 28, 1956

I never predict what I am going to do to a bill before it gets to me.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Feb 7, 1956

I have always avoided a fixed date for saying exactly what I would do.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Jun 28, 1955

Well, he seems to be generating a very great capacity for doing it in a hurry.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Jun 28, 1955

All the details of this bill I am not completely certain about because, after all, I have not had time to study it.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Aug 20, 1952

I will make the announcements at the proper time, and you will all have a chance--those of you who want to--will have a chance to pack your grips and go along, if you choose.

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