Dec 30, 1961
As President of the United States, I can state on behalf of the government and the American people that we will do our best to do so.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States, serving from January 20, 1961, until his assassination on November 22, 1963. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in Massachusetts and is often remembered for his leadership during the Cuban Missile Crisis, which brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. Kennedy also established the Peace Corps, promoting international service and cooperation, and he advocated for civil rights, laying the groundwork for future legislation in this area.
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Dec 30, 1961
It is my earnest hope that the coming year will strengthen the foundations of world peace and will bring an improvement in the relations between our countries, upon which so much depends.
Dec 29, 1961
This order revokes Executive Order No. 10025 of December 30, 1948, to the extent that such order relates to the Caribbean Commission.
Dec 29, 1961
I hereby designate the Caribbean Organization as a public international organization entitled to enjoy the privileges, exemptions, and immunities conferred by the said International Organizations Immunities Act.
Dec 27, 1961
There is hereby reserved and set apart, as the Buck Island Reef National Monument, the area embraced within lines drawn between the coordinates of latitude and longitude recited as follows.
Dec 27, 1961
WARNING is expressly given to all unauthorized persons not to appropriate, injure, destroy, deface, or remove any feature of this monument.
Dec 27, 1961
It is in the public interest to preserve this area of outstanding scientific, aesthetic, and educational importance for the benefit and enjoyment of the people.
Dec 20, 1961
We have had, since I assumed the responsibility of the Presidency, meetings in Washington and in Florida and in London, and I think it most appropriate at this particular time in the affairs of the world that the United States and Great…
Dec 20, 1961
So I am delighted to be here, Prime Minister, and I am most grateful to the Governor General for his warm welcome.
Dec 20, 1961
I want to express my great pleasure at having an opportunity to talk to you again, and to visit you on your territory which has been the scene on other occasions of most important meetings beneficial to both our countries.
Dec 16, 1961
We wish you success, and we are joined with you in this effort in the future, as we have on so many occasions in the past.
Dec 16, 1961
We are for the social justice for our people, because we recognize that we cannot have freedom unless all of our people have an equal opportunity to the advantages of a productive life--homes-education--work.
Dec 16, 1961
The great fight in the next decade-the decade in which we are now upon--is to prove that freedom and abundance go hand in hand.
Dec 16, 1961
It is a great pleasure and a source of pride and satisfaction to come here as President of the United States, and to extend once again our hand of friendship to you, and to accept the hand of friendship which you have so generously shown…
Dec 16, 1961
And as I have said, I think the welcome we got today is in good part due to your efforts--and I know that you will continue them.
Dec 16, 1961
If we can do that, if the name of the United States can be identified with this great cause in the 1960's, then I think the interests of our country and the interests of freedom and the interests of this country are well served.
Dec 16, 1961
Their words to us this morning, and again at midnight as we left this ancient city, I think will be the greatest source of encouragement to the people of the United States, to realize that we are together in a great enterprise which is…
Dec 16, 1961
Perhaps the most encouraging event of most recent years in the world of freedom has been the closer links which have been bound together and tied together in Western Europe, and which are now being molded in the same effective way here in…
Dec 16, 1961
I hope that in all your work, and wherever you go, in all your contacts, that you will try as much as possible to associate yourselves with the well-being of all the people of Colombia.
Dec 16, 1961
I want to express, on behalf of Mrs. Kennedy and myself, our great appreciation to you, sir, and Madame Betancourt, and also to the people of Venezuela and especially to the people of this city, who have made us most welcome.
Dec 16, 1961
It is, it seems to me, obligatory upon all those of us who believe in freedom to work together to make freedom, as you have said, Mr. President, not merely an abstraction or a phrase, but to demonstrate that under a system of freedom…
Dec 16, 1961
All of us as Americans are most appreciative of the generous reception which the people of this city and country have given us.
Dec 16, 1961
Those of us who love freedom realize that a man is not really free if he doesn't have a roof over his head, or if he cannot educate his children, or if he cannot find work, or if he cannot find security in his old age.
Dec 16, 1961
Every one of you symbolizes our country, and that is a great responsibility, far greater than it has ever been in the past.
Dec 16, 1961
We have come to this open field today to join in making this a better dwelling place for men.
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