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John 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.

Oct 21, 1960

We want him to do more than break even. We want him to move ahead.

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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

Our prestige abroad is not what we say it is, but what it is.

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Oct 21, 1960

It persuaded people who lived in the underdeveloped countries that the Soviet Union, which was once so far behind, was now the equal and the superior in some degree of the United States.

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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

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

The decision you have to make as voters on November 8 is which time is this in the life of our country?

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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

That is the reason that we have been indifferent to the problems of Latin America.

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