John Kennedy actually said...

I welcome the opportunity for the United States to demonstrate that it is a vigorous and vital society, that it can maintain its defenses, that it can build an educational system second to none, that it can maintain employment at a time when we are increasing our population, and when new machines are taking the jobs of men, that we can make productive use of our agricultural surpluses.

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Downtown, Lockport, NY

09/27/1960

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