“Their platform, made up of left-over Democratic planks, has …”

“Their platform, made up of left-over Democratic planks, has the courage of our old convictions. Their pledge is a pledge to the status quo — and today there can be no status quo.”

— John F. Kennedy

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Title: Wikiquote: John F. Kennedy
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Address Accepting the Democratic Party Nomination for the Presidency of the United States — Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles (15 July 1960)

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Kennedy, John F.. (n.d.). Wikiquote: John F. Kennedy. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy

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