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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 14, 1960

I think Mr. Nixon and the Republican Party will be rejected on November 8, 1960.

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Oct 14, 1960

I think in 1960, if we choose progress, it can be a rising sun for this country and the beginning of a great new day.

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Oct 14, 1960

I say as the standard bearer for the Democratic Party, as a member of a party which has produced Franklin Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, and Governor Lawrence and Senator Clark, a party which believes in progress, we commit ourselves to a…

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Oct 14, 1960

Mr. Nixon can apply any label he wants to this record, but the record speaks far more eloquently than his changing definitions.

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Oct 14, 1960

I am delighted to be here with my friend and colleague in the Senate, who has fought for Pennsylvania and this country, with your distinguished Governor, the great sports columnist, Gov. David Lawrence.

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Oct 14, 1960

I have consistently and outspokenly classified myself as an 'economic conservative.'

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Oct 14, 1960

If there was ever a formula for inaction, for standing still, for those Americans who don't want anything done, that is the solution.

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Oct 14, 1960

Today, we stand on the threshold of a New Frontier, for all Americans.

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Oct 14, 1960

I pledge that a new administration will move at once to put our people back to work.

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Oct 14, 1960

I am a Democrat, east, west, north, south, a Democrat who stands in the tradition of Franklin Roosevelt, in Pennsylvania, in California in Georgia, in Massachusetts.

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Oct 14, 1960

I spent long enough in the Pacific Ocean to know the difficulties with which Mr. Nixon is now facing the United States, if he has his way.

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Oct 14, 1960

Mr. Nixon's new definition of himself as a practical progressive" enunciated in Los Angeles yesterday further adds to the confusion of just where the Vice President stands on the key issues facing our country.

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Oct 14, 1960

I ask you to join us in moving this country ahead, in giving this country new leadership.

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Oct 14, 1960

In the public works bill last year, the Democratic Congress added 67 new starts.

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Oct 14, 1960

Mr. Nixon can call it practical progressivism or economic conservatism, but the label does not hide the package.

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Oct 14, 1960

But we can afford these things, if we do one thing - and that is get this country back to full employment.

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Oct 14, 1960

If the United States is going to meet its commitments around the world, and I favor the United States meeting all of its commitments, if we are going to maintain in this country and around the world the cause of freedom, if we are going to…

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Oct 14, 1960

The Republican Party has vetoed the needs of Pennsylvania, has vetoed Pennsylvania.

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Oct 14, 1960

I am willing to debate the wisdom of challenging the Red Chinese to a nuclear war over a couple of islands that every military authority says are strategically worthless and which cannot be defended except by nuclear war.

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