John F. Kennedy: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the PresidentU.S. Government Printing Office, 1962 - Presidents |
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... Social Security Act . February 20 , 1961 44 Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Trans- mitting a Distressed Area Redevelopment Bill . Febru- ary 20 , 1961 Page 102 103 104 105 105 45 Joint Statement Following ...
... Social Security Act . February 20 , 1961 44 Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Trans- mitting a Distressed Area Redevelopment Bill . Febru- ary 20 , 1961 Page 102 103 104 105 105 45 Joint Statement Following ...
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... Social Progress and for Re- construction in Chile . March 14 , 1961 82 Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House on Interest Rates on Time Deposits of Foreign . Governments . March 15 , 1961 Page 175 176 181 ...
... Social Progress and for Re- construction in Chile . March 14 , 1961 82 Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House on Interest Rates on Time Deposits of Foreign . Governments . March 15 , 1961 Page 175 176 181 ...
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... Social Se- curity Amendments of 1961. June 30 , 1961 264 Remarks Upon Signing the Housing Act . June 30 , 1961 265 Remarks at the Swearing In of General Curtis LeMay as Chief of Staff , U.S. Air Force . June 30 , 1961 266 Statement by ...
... Social Se- curity Amendments of 1961. June 30 , 1961 264 Remarks Upon Signing the Housing Act . June 30 , 1961 265 Remarks at the Swearing In of General Curtis LeMay as Chief of Staff , U.S. Air Force . June 30 , 1961 266 Statement by ...
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... social justice for their people , broader distribution and participation by their peo- ple and more efficient public administration and more efficient tax systems of their own -and orderly planning for national and regional development ...
... social justice for their people , broader distribution and participation by their peo- ple and more efficient public administration and more efficient tax systems of their own -and orderly planning for national and regional development ...
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... social insurance system is undermined when a substantial number of retired indi- viduals must seek public assistance or else subsist below minimum standards of health and comfort . We must not permit the bene- fits of retired workers ...
... social insurance system is undermined when a substantial number of retired indi- viduals must seek public assistance or else subsist below minimum standards of health and comfort . We must not permit the bene- fits of retired workers ...
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Page 72 - And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe — the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.
Page 102 - Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. Our requirements for world leadership, our hopes for economic growth, and the demands of citizenship itself in an era such as this all require the maximum development of every young American's capacity. The human mind is our fundamental resource.
Page xlviii - Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty.
Page l - And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world : ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can dp for the freedom of man.
Page 395 - I believe that this Nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to earth.
Page 388 - After investigation, I have found and hereby declare that each reorganization included in the reorganization plan...
Page 493 - The United States regards as vital to its national interest and to world peace the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia.
Page xlix - In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility — 1 welcome it. I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it — and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
Page 391 - The great battleground for the defense and expansion of freedom today is the whole southern half of the globe — Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East — the lands of the rising peoples.
Page 398 - The preservation of the role of the United States as a leader in aeronautical and space science and technology and in the application thereof to the conduct of peaceful activities within and outside the atmosphere...