Kennedy, by Ted Sorensen
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Click here for 23 full quotes from John F. Kennedy in the book Kennedy, by Ted Sorensen.
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Budget & Economy
Presided over strongest economic expansion in modern history.
1961 recession plan: prompt recovery toward long-term growth.
Heavy deficit spending to recover from 1961 recession.
All presidents outspend their predecessors.
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Civil Rights
Impatient for school desegregation in early 1960s.
Civil rights in public, not private intermarriage.
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Education
The human mind is our fundamental resource.
1963 Higher Education Act: more grants; more colleges.
Aid to Education Bill defeated when private schools excluded.
Pray ourselves, if courts won't allow school prayer.
Liberty without learning is always in peril.
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Environment
Rural Areas Development program for agriculture technology.
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Foreign Policy
1961: Created the Peace Corps.
"World safe for diversity", instead of "safe for democracy".
Alianza para el Progreso: development aid for Latin America.
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Free Trade
Economic isolation incompatible with political leadership.
Send surplus wheat to Russians, while subsidizing US farmers.
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Health Care
Attempted unsuccessfully to create retirement-based Medicare.
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Homeland Security
Increased defense spending, but also increased efficiency.
Defense spending should not be limited by budget amount.
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Jobs
1961: Added 13-week unemployment benefits in recession.
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Tax Reform
1961: We need tax cut to keep drive from running out of gas.
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War & Peace
Increased anti-guerilla forces; founded the Green Berets.
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The above quotations are from Kennedy, by Ted Sorensen.
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