05/03/1962
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"We are going to have to go to work again."
"I do not detect any note of urgency in the speeches of the Vice President."
"I run for the office of the Presidency after 14 years in the Congress with full recognition of the responsibilities of that office."
"This is a great country and I have unlimited confidence in it, and I have served it for 18 years."