For no government is better than the men who compose it - and I want the best.
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Speech by Senator John F. Kennedy, Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio - (Advance Release Text)
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As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them.
But there are other troubles besetting the human family. Many of its members live in poverty and misery and despair.
The Family of Man can survive differences of race and religion. Contrary to the assertions of Mr. Khrushchev, it can accept differences of ideology, politics, and economics.
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.





