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John F. Kennedy [3:42]
Ladies and gentlemen, I come here today from a section of the United States, which claims to be the oldest section of the United States to North Carolina, which is the oldest section of the United States. And I'm very grateful to be the guest of Eastern Carolina College.

[4:04]
I understand that they've had a most rapid growth, and now wish to play in the Southern Conference. I'm finding I am scheduled in the Southern Conference too and find it does so with some difficulty, and I hope that you have success and I hope that I do also. I come here today as the nominee of the Democratic Party, and therefore our standard succession to a number of distinguished Americans who have borne the banner of the Democratic Party in good times and bad, but they are born in high for the benefit of the United States of America. I therefore come here today to ask your support in a difficult and trying time in the life of our country. I do not run for the office of the president, saying that if I'm elected life will be easy. I think to be an American citizen in the 1960s will be a difficult and hazardous occupation. I believe that this is a great country. But I do believe it can be a greater country. This is a powerful country. But I think it can be a more powerful country. I ask your support in this election, not merely as the Democratic standard bearer, but it was one who has the greatest possible competence and faith in the future of this country. Thomas Paine, during the American Revolution said, the cause of America is the cause of all mankind. I think in 1960, and in the next decade, the cause of all mankind is the cause of America. Our responsibility is to be the chief defender of freedom. At a time when freedom is under attack all over the globe. The future will not be easy. But I do think that if we meet our responsibilities here, they're in the state of North Carolina, they're in the United States, if we build a better life for our citizens, whether they live in the cities of the north or the south, or whether they live on the farms of this country, upon which our economy has traditionally defended. I think as we grow strong here, we hold out an inspiration to all those who wish to follow our example. And I think our great ambition is to see the blessings of freedom spread, not only in our own country, but all around the world. A strong America, believing in freedom for all our citizens. I think often the best hope of freedom to all those who look to us with confidence and hope. I ask your help in this campaign.