08/26/1963
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"I want to be a President who has the confidence of the people - and who takes the people into his confidence."
"For the last 3 months, in outlining the programs I believe this country needs, I have in effect answered the question why I want to be President."
"I want to try to set as my standard the day Abraham Lincoln called his wartime Cabinet together to read to them his draft of the Emancipation Proclamation."
"I am not promising action in the first 100 days alone - I am promising you 1,000 days of exacting Presidential leadership."