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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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Oct 21, 1960

I don't think the farmer can afford to vote Republican in 1960.

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Oct 21, 1960

The great issue of our time is whether the world of the future will be a free world or a slave world.

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Oct 21, 1960

I believe the responsibilities which the next President and the next administration will bear are as great as any in our history.

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Oct 21, 1960

It is important that the public interest be uppermost at all times, and regulation is essential to accomplish that purpose.

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Oct 21, 1960

Our influence in Latin America, and all the rest can only have the effect of reducing our prestige.

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Oct 21, 1960

For the issues in this campaign must not be hidden in the shadows of ambiguity or the clouds of rhetoric.

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Oct 21, 1960

I look at the world around us and at our country, and I say this is a great country but it must be greater.

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Oct 21, 1960

We left New York after Mr. Nixon and I had our strange interlude.

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Oct 21, 1960

I am grateful for the introduction of my old friend and colleague, Newell George.

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Oct 21, 1960

After 14 years in the Congress, after really believing that the President of the United States can strike a blow for freedom, I come here to this shopping center and ask your help.

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Oct 21, 1960

I don't think there is anyone in this country, Republican or Democratic, that would deny that the Republican Party has been and is on the whole a conservative party, and that the Democratic Party is a progressive party.

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Oct 21, 1960

I hope that the Vice President of the United States will abide by that code.

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Oct 21, 1960

My impression has been that this election was not until November 8 and Kansas did not make up its judgment until then.

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Oct 21, 1960

I come here tonight to this center of a great Democratic State.

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Oct 21, 1960

My argument with Mr. Nixon, and my disagreement with him in this campaign, and I believe the basic issue of the campaign is the way we look at our country and its problems.

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Oct 21, 1960

The whole Louisiana Purchase, his decision to send Lewis and Clark to the Pacific - all that represented a change.

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Oct 21, 1960

I am attempting to show you what this country must do if it is going to fulfill its destiny.

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Oct 21, 1960

We need not read deeply into the history of the United States to become aware of the great and vital role which the railroads have played in the opening up and developing of this great Nation.

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Oct 21, 1960

We need ambassadors and cabinet officers, we need people on every level with a sense of our times, with a sense of the future, with a sense of the difficulties of a free society competing with a Communist society.

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Oct 21, 1960

I believe in these years of transition, during these year's of hazard, during these years of change, we need a new administration in Washington which can bring to Washington, to our administrative positions, to the Congress of the United…

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Oct 21, 1960

Now, if he can't debate me, if he can't arrange his schedule so that we can meet, perhaps we can arrange for him to debate with Mr. Lodge on who ought to be in the cabinet.

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Oct 21, 1960

It involves a choice between two points of view about the United States, two points of view about what we must do, two groups of men, two parties which have strongly different histories, which have indicated by their action in the 20th…

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