Our Constitution wisely assigns both joint and separate roles to each branch of the government; and a President and a Congress who hold each other in mutual respect will neither permit nor attempt any trespass.
Kennedy emphasizes the importance of mutual respect between the branches of government for a functioning democracy.
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While we shall never weary in the defense of freedom, neither shall we ever abandon the pursuit of peace.
Through hot wars and cold, through recession and prosperity, through the ages of the atom and outer space, the American people have never faltered and their faith has never flagged.
But now the winds of change appear to be blowing more strongly than ever, in the world of communism as well as our own.
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