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Congress Quotes by John F. Kennedy

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John F. Kennedy’s thoughts on Congress are packed into a brief dozen lines, yet each one carries the weight of a president’s view on lawmaking. If you’re curious about how he framed the institution’s role, this short selection gives you a clear, focused snapshot.

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We must start now to provide additional stimulus to the modernization of American industrial plants I shall propose to the Congress a…

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No country can possibly move ahead, no free society can possibly be sustained, unless it has an educated citizenry whose qualities of…

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I am grateful to those Members of Congress who worked so diligently to guide the Equal Pay Act through. It is a…

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Members of the Congress, the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress. We are all trustees for the…

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In seeking the help of the Congress and our countrymen, I pledged no easy answers. I pledged, and asked, only toil and…

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Our Constitution wisely assigns both joint and separate roles to each branch of the government; and a President and a Congress who…

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I am glad that Congress has recently authorized $800,000 to State welfare agencies to expand their day-care services during the remainder of…

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We have some of the most influential Members of Congress here today, and I do hope that we can get this appropriation…

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It is for these reasons that I believe we must expand day-care centers and provide other assistance which I have recommended to…

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Lobbyists are in many cases expert technicians and capable of explaining complex and difficult subjects in a clear, understandable fashion. They engage…

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The success of this Government, and thus the success of our Nation, depends in the last analysis upon the quality.of our career…

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One hundred and fifty years ago the vacant lands of the West were opened to private use. One hundred years ago the…

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We stand today on the edge of a new frontier - the frontier of the 1960's - a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils…

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We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation.

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We must recognize that every nation determines its policies in terms of its own interests.

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Someone always needs rescuing, yet there's only one person who ever seems to understand you. It's a lot like being Lassie.

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Student loans have been helpful to many. But they offer neither incentive nor assistance to those students who, by reason of family or other…

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Great crises produce great men, and great deeds of courage.

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There comes a point where you see no evidence that the carrot and diplomacy are working.

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Suspicion on one side breeds suspicion on the other, and new weapons beget counter-weapons.

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We have some of the most influential Members of Congress here today, and I do hope that we can get this appropriation for these…

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Disarmament without checks is but a shadow - and a community without law is but a shell.

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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…

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