On the recordSeptember 11, 1960
If we are elected, we are going to build an American security and an American defense second to none.
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presidency.ucsb.eduIf we are elected, we are going to build an American security and an American defense second to none.
Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, the Alamo, San Antonio, TX
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But there are other troubles besetting the human family. Many of its members live in poverty and misery and despair.
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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.