
When President Kennedy was assassinated, he left 51 bills that represented major improvements, and practically every one of those bills was for the average citizen or to improve the lot of the working people, or to help make America better.
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When President Kennedy was assassinated, he left 51 bills that represented major improvements, and practically every one of those bills was for the average citizen or to improve the lot of the working people, or to help make America better.

I guess that somehow or other they anticipated that I might be coming back here to see you tonight.

Tomorrow is a fateful day for our Nation and for the world.

Around the world tonight, millions watch and wait.

Your privilege of self-government has been granted to only the tiniest fraction of all those who have ever lived on earth.

I have said, as plainly as I know how, what I hope for America, what I hope for you and your family and for generations yet unborn.

In 1900 the average American citizen could look forward to reaching the age of 47.

All of this requires a new conservation.

There is no justification for any person in this country going hungry in the midst of plenty.

Today the ratio is one out of every three.

One out of every two pregnant women had not seen a doctor before delivery.

Today he can look forward to 70 years.

The bright success of science also has a dark side.

Diabetes, 3 million--and half of them don't know they have it.