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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Feb 21, 1963

A chairman of the Board shall be designated by the President from time to time from among the membership of the Board appointed from the Executive Branch.

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Feb 18, 1963

So, Mr. President, we are, and everybody in this room are, great admirers of yours.

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Feb 18, 1963

Mr. President, we want to welcome you here and I want to assure you tonight that you are among friends.

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Feb 5, 1963

I, John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week beginning March 17, 1963, as National Poison Prevention Week.

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Nov 6, 1960

You have to make a choice tomorrow on who shall be the next President of the United States.

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Nov 4, 1960

I want to be a President who cares, not only about the Nation's loss of gold, but about 4 million men losing their jobs and income.

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 24, 1960

Where can they get a government, a President, a Congress, which will be responsible, progressive, which will strengthen the United States, strengthen our influence around the world, strike a blow for the cause of freedom, build this country until it is stronger?

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 24, 1960

Only the President of the United States speaks for California and Illinois and Massachusetts, and he speaks for more than the United States.

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 24, 1960

Only the President of the United States can place before the American people the unfinished business of our society.

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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 22, 1960

We are talking, however, about two sets of problems which are familiar, with which we dealt in the past, the solution of which is easy, to get a President and a Congress that believe in progress.

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 22, 1960

In order that we may compete, we need strong leadership at the top and in my judgment only the President of the United States can provide that leadership.

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 22, 1960

These are the traditional issues, old but still new, and I believe that the next President and the next Congress must meet their responsibilities in this field.

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 22, 1960

It is the responsibility of the people speaking through their National Government, speaking through their President, to accord them those rights.

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 22, 1960

I believe that the next President of the United States and the next Congress are going to have to deal with three sets of problems, all of them different.

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