06/01/1961
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"It all can be done."
"What is needed now is leadership - impartial but firm, deliberate but bold - leadership instead of rhetoric."
"I propose that the new President reaffirm our sincere friendship for all the peoples of the Middle East, whatever their religion or race or politics."
"To face those facts is not disloyal, as some have implied - it is the highest type of loyalty."