“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 - SEPTEMBER 14, 1960
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