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

I believe as in 1932, the United States is going to decide to move into the sixties, to provide work for our people, to strengthen our country, and set an example of what freedom can do around the world.

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

I want the people of the world to wake up in the morning and wonder what the United States is doing, not what Mr. Khrushchev is doing.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· 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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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· 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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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 11, 1960

This is an important election; in many ways it is more important than the election of 1932, for what was at stake in 1932 was the preservation of freedom here in the United States.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 11, 1960

I think that the Democratic Party can continue to function if it looks not only to the past, but to the future, and if it looks to all sections of the United States for support.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 8, 1960

My answer I tried to respond to Mr. Ritter with was I stated in the field of national security I thought the United States would have to make a bigger effort.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 8, 1960

It is only stating a fact to say that their patriotism has been demonstrated so thoroughly, in these ways, that the United States as a whole owes them recognition.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 8, 1960

The United States must be strong; not 'Strong, if,' not 'Strong, when,' not 'Strong enough, but,' but 'Strong first.'

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 8, 1960

It is essential on the pathway to peace that the United States associate itself with other countries who also desire to live in peace.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 8, 1960

We are fortunate in having, in the United States, a number of Chinese-American communities, and I take this occasion to commend them for their devotion and patriotism.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 7, 1960

This is an important campaign because it is an important country, and because all of us are anxious to see the United States move ahead.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
@johnfitzgeraldkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 7, 1960

I can assure you that this is a young and vital country, but what we do here in our own country affects the security of the United States around the world.

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