over one-half of our senior citizens are so financially insecure and underprivileged, so burdened with illness, so poorly fed, clothed, and housed that their years have brought problems rather than privileges.
Statement by Senator John F. Kennedy on Seven-Point Program for Senior Citizens
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The recommendations are likewise acceptable to me, and will be included in my budget recommendations to the Congress in January.
Let us therefore proclaim our gratitude to Providence for manifold blessings--let us be humbly thankful for inherited ideals--and let us resolve to share those blessings and those ideals with our fellow human beings throughout the world.
The Policy Advisory Committee is an example of the possibilities for cooperative action among Federal and District agencies in resolving difficult problems.
We appreciate the stamps, and if you will write me, I'll collect some more from all your countries.
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