We must be willing to devote our national energies to demonstrating in every form of human endeavor we are second to none, that we are first and will continue to be first regardless of what challenges may be hurled against us.
Text of Telephone Address by Senator John F. Kennedy to Amvet Convention, Miami Beach, FL
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The recommendations are likewise acceptable to me, and will be included in my budget recommendations to the Congress in January.
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them.
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