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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Feb 6, 1963

This is not an occasion for feeling pleased with ourselves, but, rather, it is an occasion for asking for help to continue our work and to do more.

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Feb 1, 1961

We cannot expect to make good in a day or even a year the accumulated deficiencies of several years.

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

Only a strong and vital America can become the model of Democratic progress to the newly emerging nations who are looking for guidance and for help.

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Nov 5, 1960

I am confident that on Tuesday, November 8, the American people will not take the old, tired, wornout road, but instead will turn and decide to move forward into the wind, and demonstrate what this country can really do.

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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Nov 5, 1960

I ask your support not merely for my candidacy or that of my colleagues, but I ask your support in choosing right for this country, in moving this country forward, in picking it up and sending it into the sixties to meet its responsibilities.

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

I think you are here for the same reason that I am, because this is an important election, because we are Democrats, because we believe in progress, and because we are going to win.

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

Do you believe as an American citizen of this State and country that we can be led by a political party, the Republicans, who have stood still, who have opposed progress at every turn?

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

It is a contest between all those who look to the past, between all those who wish to stand still, and those who wish to move ahead.

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

The fact of the matter is that this State and the United States cannot sit still in the 1960's.

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

I think your presence here, whether you are Republican or Democrat, whether you wish to click with Dick or whether you wish to move this country forward.

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

It is more than a contest between the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. It is a contest between the contented and the concerned, between those who wish to stand still and those who wish to move ahead.

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