Political Quotes

Joseph Kennedy

The Public Record

Oct 30, 1963

The mentally ill and the mentally retarded need no longer be alien to our affections or beyond the help of our communities.

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Oct 30, 1963

It would be possible for him to appeal to the Civil Service Commission.

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Oct 30, 1963

The fact is, life is easier because of machines, and I think it can provide new jobs, but I think it is going to take a good deal of wisdom by those of us in the Government as well as labor and management.

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Oct 30, 1963

I did not get any assurances that Mr. Khrushchev or the Soviet Union were out of the space race at all.

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Oct 30, 1963

Today, we cannot even identify the cause of retardation in 75 percent of the cases.

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Oct 30, 1963

It would be our hope to lessen the number of Americans there by 1,000, as the training intensifies and is carried on in South Viet-Nam.

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Oct 30, 1963

We are not planning any reduction in United States combat units in Germany.

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Oct 25, 1963

When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations.

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