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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Mar 17, 1963

Our high voyage, Mr. President, is not to seek new lands to conquer, but to make sure that old lands remain free.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Feb 28, 1963

The fact that the Argentine immediately not only supported the effort in the OAS, but also sent air and naval forces to assist in the quarantine was important not only because of the forces involved, but also because it indicated…

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Feb 24, 1963

We are wholeheartedly behind your effort to maintain the freedom of your people and we wish for you what we wish for ourselves, and that is peace and an opportunity to develop our country.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Feb 24, 1963

We are especially honored to have a visit from His Majesty, and the Prime Minister, His Majesty's son, and the members of the government, because Laos occupies a most significant place on the world scene.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Feb 24, 1963

I am sure you know that you can count on the friendship of the United States, the good will of the United States and the determination of the United States to bear our share of the burdens in assisting you and your countrymen who wish to…

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Feb 19, 1963

The two Presidents considered carefully the ways in which Venezuela and the United States could most effectively further the objectives of the Alliance for Progress.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Feb 19, 1963

The United States would review in advance with Venezuela such substantive changes in the oil import program as the United States may contemplate in the future.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Feb 19, 1963

In conclusion, the two Presidents expressed their gratification at the opportunity thus afforded them to confer together in person.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Feb 19, 1963

Venezuela has been an essential and consistent supplier of petroleum to the United States and to the free world in times of peace and in periods of emergency.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Feb 18, 1963

I hope that your visit here to the United States will remind the people of this country that they have a good deal of unfinished business in this hemisphere.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 24, 1960

I have made the charge in this campaign that our prestige has been declining, and our prestige is important, because it involves the question of whether other countries will follow our leadership.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 24, 1960

The reason that countries of Africa no longer support the United States and look to it is because we have been indifferent to the problems of that vital continent.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 24, 1960

Here is the headline on these findings which have been kept secret up to today: 'United States Survey Funds Others Consider the Soviet Union the Mightiest.'

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