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January, 1961.
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower'sFarewell Address to the Nation.
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This conjunction of an immense militaryestablishment and arms industry is new...
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...in the American experience.
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The total influence...
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...economic, political, even spiritual...
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...is felt in every city, every Statehouse,every government office.
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We must guard against the acquisition...
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...of unwarranted influence,whether sought or unsought...
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...by the military-industrial complex.
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We must never let the weightof this combination...
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...endanger our libertiesor democratic processes.
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November, 1960.
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Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedyof Massachusetts...
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...wins one of the narrowest electionvictories in American history...
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...over Vice President Richard Nixonby a little more than 100,000 votes.
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Alongside his beautiful and elegant wife,Jacqueline Bouvier...
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...Kennedy is the symbolof the new freedom of the 1960s...
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...signifying change and upheavalto the American public.
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"All men are created equal."
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Every degree of mind and spiritthat I possess will be devoted...
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...to the cause of freedomaround the world.
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Today, the proudest boast is:
prev.