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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 20, 1964

Our success, the strength and unity of our society, are the targets of every tyrant in the world.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 1, 1964

We reject the thought of our families living in a faceless, regimented, monotonous America.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Nov 5, 1960

But if you hold my view that the United States as the great defender of freedom in the 1960's has to move ahead, has to provide opportunity for its people, has to develop in this country a strong and vigorous society which it cannot…

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Nov 5, 1960

I come here tonight and ask you to join us, ask you to make a decision which will permit this country to have the kind of leadership which will enable us to build a strong and vital society, a society which will serve as an inspiration to…

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

We are going to have to build in this country a strong and vital society that spreads its influence around the world.

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

First, can we in this country maintain full employment, build a stronger and more vital society, that demonstrates that freedom and productivity go hand in hand together?

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

But if you share the view that I hold very vigorously, that this country is going to have to do better in the future, that we have responsibilities to meet not only to ourselves but to the cause of freedom, that we are anxious to make sure…

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 23, 1960

The kind of society we build here, the kind of country we develop here, that is the test of our ability to lead around the world.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Oct 13, 1957

The surgeon owes all the more a responsibility to the society of which he is an integral part; a responsibility to help make our democratic processes work.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Nov 12, 1956

If the day ever comes when sound economic policies fail to serve the ends of social justice, our form of society will be in grave jeopardy.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· May 22, 1955

Indeed, this word 'opportunity' seems to me to contain much that means happiness for the human--opportunity to expand and to be useful, to know that he is contributing his share to the advancement of that great society of which he is a…

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· May 22, 1955

I repeat I believe, therefore, that opportunity--individual opportunity and freedom--enriches a whole society, and regimentation merely distributes the losses that have occurred.

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