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1917–1963 United States
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (29 May 1917 – 22 November 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK, Jack, or the shortening John F. Kennedy, was the 35th president of the United States (1961–1963), a United States senator from Massachusetts (1953–1960), and a United States representative (1947–1953).
United States Anti-communists Non-fiction authors Orators Politicians Also known as: Jack Kennedy, John F Kennedy, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, John Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy, John F.
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This is one country. It has become one country because all of us and all the people who came here had an equal chance to develop their talents.
The long labor of peace is an undertaking for every nation — and in this effort none of us can remain unaligned. To this goal none can be uncommitted.
World peace, like community peace, does not require that each man love his neighbor — it requires only that they live together in mutual tolerance, submitting their disputes to a just and peaceful settlement.
We shall be judged more by what we do at home than by what we preach abroad.
This right of free choice is no special privilege claimed by the Germans alone. It is an elemental requirement of human justice.
We cannot merely state our opposition to totalitarian advance without paying the price of helping those now under the greatest pressure.
We are clear about what must be done--and we intend to do it.
The United Nations cannot survive as a static organization.
I want to drink a cup of tea to all those Kennedys who went and all those Kennedys who stayed.
We must create world-wide law and law enforcement as we outlaw world-wide war and weapons.
We have no wish to war with the Soviet Union--for we are a peaceful people who desire to live in peace with all other peoples.
We must deal with the world as it is, and not as it might have been had the history of the last 18 years been different.
The 1930's taught us a clear lesson: aggressive conduct, if allowed to go unchecked and unchallenged ultimately leads to war.
The truth doesn't die. The desire for liberty cannot be fully suppressed.
Secondly, what does justice require? In the end, it requires liberty.
If you are awaiting a finding of "clear and present danger," then I can only say that the danger has never been more clear and its presence has never been more imminent.
I have just received the following wire from my generous daddy: "Dear Jack – Don’t buy a single vote more than necessary – I’ll be damned if I am going to pay for a landslide."
The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings.
I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we, too, will be remembered not for victories or defeats in battle or in politics, but for our contribution to the human spirit.
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
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