It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.
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Speech by Senator John F. Kennedy, Zionists of America Convention, Statler Hilton Hotel, New York, NY
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And to weaken and water down the pending program, to confuse and confine its flexibility with rigid restrictions and rejections, will not only harm our economy, it will hamper our security.
I want to express my very sincere thanks to all of you and the companies you represent which led the way.
But there are other troubles besetting the human family. Many of its members live in poverty and misery and despair.
We are attempting, in cooperation with the State and the city, as Reverend Potter described, to carry out a pilot program here in the city of New York, but it is only a beginning, and there are hundreds of thousands without resources, and we have a responsibility to all of them.





