It is not merely because of the Cold War, and not merely because of the economic waste of discrimination, that we are committed to achieving true equality of opportunity. The basic reason is because it is right.
Special Message to the Congress on Civil Rights
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It is a great pleasure for Mrs. Kennedy and myself to welcome the Black Watch to the White House.
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I just say that there's no sense having a program if a man who is innocent of any intelligence mission, which is true in this case, is subjected to arrest without means of defense.
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