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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 17, 1960

Our position is one of certainty, that the future can belong to freedom, that this country can be secure, that we can turn the balance of power in our direction.

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Oct 17, 1960

Mr. Nixon and I disagree very basically on the position of the United States, on what must be done to increase our security, and what must be done to maintain the peace.

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Oct 17, 1960

I come here all the way from Massachusetts, 1,500 miles away, and ask your support in this campaign.

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Oct 17, 1960

The Communists have a strategy for world conquest and that strategy rests in the future, as it has in the past, on the use of every weapon of economic and ideological conflict to win the allegiance of the uncommitted nations of the world…

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Oct 17, 1960

Without adequate day time care during their most formative years the children of the Nation risk permanent damage to their emotional and moral character.

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Oct 17, 1960

I will not cut our present commitment to the cause of freedom anywhere in the world.

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Oct 17, 1960

I want to make it clear that the United States is a great revolutionary country, that believes in the most extraordinary doctrine that man has ever put forward.

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Oct 17, 1960

He says our prestige was never higher, that we have never been stronger, that the tide in world history is moving in our direction, and that if we continue our present policies, by 1965 and 1970, the United States will be secure and the…

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Oct 17, 1960

Above all, we must encourage the production of earnings and channeling them back into further productivity.

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Oct 17, 1960

This is a serious dispute, which involves the lives and the fortune of everyone here.

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