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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 12, 1962

So I hope you'll come along in Indiana and send to the United States Senate Birch Bayh.

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Oct 12, 1962

I am delighted to come to Indiana because there isn't any State in the Union in this election that has the privilege of making a clearer choice, a clearer choice especially for the United States Senate.

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Oct 12, 1962

But we get this strength not to fight wars if we can help it, but to wage the peace.

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Oct 12, 1962

It is all of our business, because there isn't any doubt that all of the things that can make a difference to this town and other towns which have been hard hit by all of the technological and industrial changes that have come in this…

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Oct 12, 1962

I am proud to stand here, although I am not a candidate for office, and in all good faith ask you to give us some people who in 1963 and '64 will build a strong America upon which the world depends.

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Oct 12, 1962

I believe that the Democratic Party does, and I believe the Republican Party - that's what we have to decide.

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Oct 12, 1962

Are we going to have vote after vote which this country needs defeated by 3, 4, or 5, or are we going to elect a Congress which is committed to progress, which this country so desperately needs in a difficult and dangerous world?

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Oct 12, 1962

How can we possibly provide for the education of our children, jobs for our people, medical care for our older citizens, better housing, jobs, jobs, jobs, if we are going to lose 39 votes after we have won and lost bill after bill by 3, 4…

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Oct 12, 1962

Every Republican Congressman from this State voted against aid to dependent children.

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Oct 12, 1962

I think it is the business of every citizen of the United States to make a judgment about what kind of a House of Representatives we're going to have and what kind of a Senate we're going to have, and what kind of a Governor we're going to…

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Oct 12, 1962

This is no time, in 1962, for rash talk which strengthens the claims of our adversaries.

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Oct 12, 1962

I have had an opportunity to examine with some care and some interest the record of the Republican Party, and I can tell you, in case you don't know it, that it is opposed, year in, year out, in the administration of Harry Truman in 1947…

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Oct 12, 1962

I want to express to you our very great pleasure for coming out on a Saturday morning.

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Oct 11, 1962

November 7th, the day after election, can be, in this State and in this country, a rising sun, and the beginning of a great new day.

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Oct 11, 1962

Of all the extraordinary feats, I think the first voyage of Columbus must go down as perhaps the most unusual.

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Oct 11, 1962

I do not believe that in this most critical and dangerous period in the life of our country that Presidents, or anyone else, should confine themselves to ceremonial occasions.

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Oct 11, 1962

A strong, free world begins here in this State, begins here in the United States, and we cannot have a strong United States if we sit still.

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Oct 11, 1962

This election affects the security, the wellbeing, the opportunities, of everyone in this city or country.

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Oct 11, 1962

So I have fought in the last 2 years, and we have passed many bills.

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Oct 11, 1962

When I became President of the United States in January 1961, this State had one of the largest numbers of unemployed in the whole country, nearly 500,000 people.

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Oct 11, 1962

And we also have the most exciting adventure, I think, here in our own cities, and here in our own country, to make it possible for every American to live a rich and fruitful and productive and prosperous life.

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Oct 11, 1962

And I'm confident that the people of this State will elect Democratic Congressmen and elect Joe Clark again to speak for Pennsylvania and the country in the United States Senate.

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Oct 11, 1962

Education, medical care for the aged, job opportunities, equal rights--those are the things that this country stands for, and we can get those things only if we elect men who believe in them.

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