I run against a candidate, Mr. Nixon, who runs on the slogan 'You never had it so good.'
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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Jackson, MI
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The United States is not in the position which England was when Benjamin Disraeli described it as: two nations divided, the rich and the poor.
So the central responsibility, of course, is to try to develop a climate in this country where there is as close to full employment as we can get it, and then to give particular attention to those who are handicapped.
And to weaken and water down the pending program, to confuse and confine its flexibility with rigid restrictions and rejections, will not only harm our economy, it will hamper our security.
But there are other troubles besetting the human family. Many of its members live in poverty and misery and despair.





