John Kennedy actually said...

I want to be a President who acts as well as reacts - who originates programs as well as study groups - who masters complex problems as well as one-page memorandums.

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Excerpts of Remarks by Senator John F. Kennedy, New York Coliseum, New York, NY

11/04/1960

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