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Speech of Senator John F. Kennedy, VFW Convention, Detroit, MI - (Advance Release Text)

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Nov 7, 1963

I hope this kind of intimate association, cooperation for the benefit of all of our people, may be extended to other fields.

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Nov 7, 1963

Contrary to repeated warnings, prophecies, and expressions of hope, in the 17 years since the Marshall plan began, I know of no single officeholder who was ever defeated because he supported this program, and the burden is less today than ever before.

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Nov 4, 1963

Let us therefore proclaim our gratitude to Providence for manifold blessings--let us be humbly thankful for inherited ideals--and let us resolve to share those blessings and those ideals with our fellow human beings throughout the world.

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Nov 4, 1963

It gives them a greater security, a greater participation in the wellbeing of this country.

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