The Major responsibility facing the Congress, indeed the entire country, is the maintenance of a strong and vigorous foreign policy. The function of that policy, of course, is to protect the security
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Fellow Delegates and Fellow Democrats: We have come here today not merely to nominate a Democratic candidate, but to nominate a President of the United States. Sometimes in the heat of a political
The American Legion is the largest veterans organization of its kind in the world. Its members, over the years of its existence since the end of World War I, have compiled an enviable record in
Suggested Opening I am always a bit uneasy when I come to New York and read the headlines in the New York papers – such headlines as "Kennedy vows search for mad bomber," or "Kennedy's life threatened
It is a great pleasure to be here today with my friends of the Massachusetts State C.I.O., and to participate in your deliberations on matters affecting all working men and women, and indeed all
We are gathered here this afternoon to commemorate a notable anniversary in man's eternal quest for freedom. For nearly 8 years ago today a state was born – and a people, rising from the ashes of
Mr. President: Since my discussion before the Senate exactly one year ago of the economic problems of New England and their alleviation, considerable progress has been made in meeting those problems
MR. PRESIDENT: The purpose of the amendment, which is offered on behalf of myself and Senators Gore, Mansfield, Symington, Humphrey, Monroney, and Lehman, is to maintain the strength of our Army at
It is a great pleasure to be here today in Tennessee, and to become better acquainted with your famous and justly celebrated state. I value most highly my association in the United States Senate with
Twenty-eight years ago, here in Ohio, Franklin Roosevelt launched the campaign that swept the nation in 1932. At that time the banks were closing and the soup kitchens were opening; the bread lines
I am disappointed by those who say that all the battles have been won – that there are no longer any burning issues – that there is no longer any real need for liberal organizations, publications and
Not so very long ago the United States Senate was barraged with pressures from Mississippi and other states to adopt a policy of "easy money." Farm prices were down. Interest rates were high
We are - as I am sure you are all painfully aware - in the midst of our national biennial stock-taking season - that period when the "in's" "point with pride" to the same record and conditions that
Listen to the speech. View related documents. President John F. Kennedy Nashville, Tennessee May 18, 1963 Mr. Chancellor, Mr. Vanderbilt, Senator Kefauver, Senator Gore, Congressman Fulton
View related documents. President John F. Kennedy November 22, 1963 One hundred and eighteen years ago last March, President John Tyler signed the Joint Resolution of Congress providing statehood for
I deem it a great privilege to be here tonight, not only because of my esteem for the guest of honor, but also because of my sense of gratitude for your invitation. Senators are not always asked to
Public Responsibility for the Veteran It is a great honor and pleasure for me to be here this morning and I am grateful to the Governmental Research Association for extending me the opportunity to
Ladies and Gentlemen: It was a genuine pleasure to accept your kind invitation to address this fine organization. On this "I Am an American Day," it is especially fitting that your group should launch
Today I thought I would tell you the story of Lieutenant John McCarthy of the United States Naval Reserve whose experience in the war carries with it a very important lesson in the peace. Lieutenant
This is a year of challenge and decision. The question which rises squarely before the people of Lawrence is this: Are we going to enable the Red Feather Services to carry on those health and social
It is a great honor and pleasure for me to be here tonight and I am grateful to the Women’s Division and Youth Division of the New York Democratic State Committee, and your able Chairmen, Miss
FOR WHAT WE FIGHT A number of years ago in a room in Philadelphia, a group of men signed their names to a Declaration. For that, they could have been hanged. For that Declaration was revolutionary. It
It is a very great pleasure to be with you in this morning. I thought that I would talk briefly about four of the major problems before the country and the Congress. One domestic and one dealing with
It’s a very difficult job to be the wind-up speaker to these distinguished gentlemen, but it is the sort of thing they always do to Democrats, particularly in Connecticut. I think the success of any
Thank you very much, John. I want to tell you what a great pleasure it is for me to be able to come up here and address you, because there has been no group which has done more to establish sound