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DeeDeeNY

(3,783 posts) Fri Jul 4, 2025, 11:35 AM Jul 4

This quote from JFK never gets old [View all]

“If by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people-their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties-someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal", then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal.”
― John F. Kennedy, Profiles in Courage

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This quote from JFK never gets old [View all] DeeDeeNY Jul 4 OP

It's perfectly timeless!! ElementaryPenguin Jul 4 #1

jfk rampartd Jul 4 #2

From his inaugural address windje Jul 4 #3

That is the way a U.S. President is SUPPOSED to speak DeeDeeNY Jul 4 #4

We have gotten so accustomed to the gangster talk of Trump that we have forgotten how a patricia92243 Jul 4 #5

Americans still remembered the Depression and FDR's New Deal. sop Jul 4 #6

Trump is so mentally far gone DENVERPOPS Jul 4 #7

ADDRESS OF JOHN F. KENNEDY UPON ACCEPTING THE LIBERAL PARTY NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 14, IrishBubbaLiberal Jul 4 #8

Profiles of Courage? Didnt he say this in New York for the Liberal Party convention? SSJVegeta Jul 4 #9

ding AllaN01Bear Jul 4 #10

Something RFK Jr. Shoulda Learned! Mr.Bee Jul 4 #11