If new vision, and new leadership, and new understanding can restore prosperity to the coal industry - and I believe it can - then I am here to tell you that prosperity is on the way. For just as no
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Twenty-seven years ago today, the 73 rd Congress was meeting - the famous Congress of the "FIRST HUNDRED DAYS" - the FIRST hundred days with Franklin Roosevelt at the helm. That Congress, under FDR's
For a longtime, I have believed that any Presidential candidate should be prepared to face the judgment of the presidential primaries. Today, I want to add to that: Any man who wants to be President
Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Morris Harvey College, Charleston, West Virginia, April 11, 1960
THE CRISIS IN AMERICAN EDUCATION No problem has grown to greater proportions in the past several years than that of our educational system. And no problem touches all of our lives more directly. Our
A good politician, I am told, should follow three basic principles: glorify the past - avoid the present - and talk endlessly about the future (except, they should add, when you're on television). But
I am here today to apologize for the speech delivered on the Senate Floor by one of my predecessors from Massachusetts. He was talking about a mail route from the Missouri to the Columbia Rivers and
This Administration has saddled upon our nation the costliest policy in our history – a policy which harms the small businessman, the homeowner and the taxpaper alike – a policy which holds back
I am delighted to appear today before this assembly of junior high and high school students. This group - I know - will not consider me too young to run for President. And I do not consider this group
Forty-seven years ago last month, the leaders of the Democratic Party gathered jubilantly in Washington. For the first time in the 20th century, the victory was theirs- the Presidency was theirs - the
No domestic problem is of more concern than the steady decline in farm income. Farm close-out sales are reaching new peaks, young farm operators are leaving the land, bank deposits are down and loans
"Governments can err," President Roosevelt once said, "Presidents do make mistakes; but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the sins of the cold-blooded and the sins of the warm
Labor the Source of American Strength I come to you today as a friend of labor. I have worked with the leaders and members of organized labor for fourteen years as a member of the House and Senate
OUR GOALS IN THIS CAMPAIGN – Kennedy Pledges “In every American election,” wrote James Bryce more than 80 years ago, “there are two acts of choice, two periods of contest. The first is the selection
We have been talking about change and challenge, about leadership and vision. No change in the world about us presents a greater challenge - no problem calls for greater leadership and vision - than
MEDICAL CARE FOR OUR OLDER CITIZENS This year social security is twenty-five years old. And perhaps never, since its enactment, have the challenges to this program been as crucial and as far-reaching
There is no group in America which has suffered more from economic distress and government neglect -- no group which has participated less in our current national prosperity and high standard of
The testimony given before the McClellan Rackets Committee, of which I was a member, has convinced me that there is a highly organized criminal syndicate operating in America today. It is powerful. It
American education today is in a crisis -- and the harsh fact of the matter is that, without prompt federal action, that crisis will only grow worse. One of the most critical challenges of our time is
Today our great national forests -- one of America’s most vital natural resources -- are being allowed to deteriorate, decay, and dwindle in value under a federal forest program which meets less than
There is neither logic, justice nor fair play in the Administration proposal to impose new taxes upon cooperatives. This proposal would require every co-op to pay taxes upon the income which it
This year social security is twenty-five years old. And perhaps never, since its enactment, have the challenges to this program been as crucial and as far-reaching as they are today. “The test of our
Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Democratic Midwest Conference, Detroit, Michigan, March 26, 1960
Forty-seven years ago this month, the leaders of the Democratic Party gathered jubilantly in Washington. For the first time in the 20 th century, the victory was theirs – the Presidency was theirs –
Twenty-five years ago, the vision and determination of a small group of men brought into being the Rural Electrification Administration. It was born in a land where less than 10 percent of the farms
DISARMAMENT Last week, ten nations began negotiations on the most complex and important problem facing the world today - - the problem of disarmament. But despite the fact that these critical
I want to talk with you today about Berlin. This same subject is under constant study in Washington. It will be the principal subject at the summit meeting in May. It is the chief reason for