Nov 5, 1960
This campaign really is fought over one issue, and it is an issue which I believe importantly affects the welfare of this country.
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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Nov 5, 1960
I am confident that on Tuesday, November 8, the American people will not take the old, tired, wornout road, but instead will turn and decide to move forward into the wind, and demonstrate what this country can really do.
Nov 5, 1960
In Connecticut on Tuesday, our work is finished, and your work begins. I ask you to support us.
Nov 5, 1960
Poland may have a satellite government, but the Poles will never be a satellite people.
Nov 5, 1960
In a difficult and trying time in the life of our country, in the cause of freedom, may bring candles to help illuminate our country's way.
Nov 5, 1960
We are running as the candidates who believe in progress for our country.
Nov 5, 1960
One, I am concerned, and if elected President will take action to stimulate the economic growth of the United States in order to find jobs for our people and resources for national action.
Nov 5, 1960
Thus, today, the university is, in the words of Woodrow Wilson, 'the root of our intellectual life as a nation.'
Nov 5, 1960
Secondly, I suggest that the Federal Government and the State government cooperate to provide a loan program for students who may not be advanced enough to secure scholarships, whose parents may not have enough money to send them to…
Nov 5, 1960
And that is why we intend to work until a college education is available to every young man and woman with the talent to pursue it.
Nov 5, 1960
The work of Ignace Paderewski and Woodrow Wilson laid the foundations for present-day Polish independence.
Nov 5, 1960
If we are going to be strong abroad if we are going to win the peace, if we are going to maintain our prestige, it will be not only by speeches and debates and good will missions; it will be by building in this country a strong and vital…
Nov 5, 1960
The Presidency and the President has many functions and many responsibilities, many given to him by the Constitution, and others suggested to him by the pressure of events.
Nov 5, 1960
We look toward the day when the men and women of Poland shall stand again in freedom and justice, and we shall hasten, by every honorable and responsible means, the arrival of that day.
Nov 5, 1960
The only thing I am responsible for is moving him out of office on Tuesday, November 8.
Nov 5, 1960
I think the tide is rising in Connecticut that is just going to wash him all the way out.
Nov 5, 1960
What great issue, what great stream of history, has he associated himself with in the changing years of the 1960's?
Nov 4, 1960
For I am not in this campaign merely to win an election - I seek election in order to carry out our program.
Nov 4, 1960
If I am successful, I am going to Washington, D.C., and get this country to work.
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