John Kennedy actually said...

I am not promising action in the first 100 days alone - I am promising you 1,000 days of exacting Presidential leadership.

Excerpts of Remarks by Senator John F. Kennedy, New York Coliseum, New York, NY

11/04/1960

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We must end - once and for all - each and every form of discrimination.

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