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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Feb 1, 1961

The United States cannot afford, in this time of national need and world crisis, to dissipate its opportunities for economic growth.

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

What possible indication is there in either the personnel or in the speeches that there is going to be a new movement forward in the United States if Mr. Nixon is elected?

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

We are electing on Tuesday, not a committee, not a protégé, not a rescue squad; we are electing a President of the United States.

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

I warn you that the present rate of economic growth, the present rise in the power and prestige of the United States, is not enough, is not good enough.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Oct 25, 1960

I come here tonight as the Democratic standard bearer for the office of the Presidency in the United States, and I come here to Michigan and ask your help.

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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

We have to find 25,000 new jobs a week every week for the next ten years to provide full employment in the United States.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· 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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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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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

The United States is moving into a period which will feature great opportunities for us as well as great responsibilities and great burdens.

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

I don't believe that the United States is meeting its responsibilities to itself and to those around the world who look to it for leadership.

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