I do not downgrade America.
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Speech by the Honorable John F. Kennedy, at Boys' Gymnasium, Montgomery-Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD
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Let us therefore proclaim our gratitude to Providence for manifold blessings--let us be humbly thankful for inherited ideals--and let us resolve to share those blessings and those ideals with our fellow human beings throughout the world.
Annually the Committee shall transmit to the President a consolidated report concerning the activities of the Committee and the Citizens' Advisory Council.
I hope that we will define handicapped so that we do make a major effort on all those who are handicapped.
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them.





