Acceptance of the Democratic Party Nomination July 15, 1960

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In John F. Kennedy's Acceptance of the Democratic Party Nomination, he presents the New Frontier. He talks about the Rights of Man, the previous administration, Communism, and about change. He attacks the complacency of the nation and challenges the American people to take action, to be pioneers of this New Frontier.

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Governor Stevenson, Senator Johnson, Mr. Butler, Senator Symington, Senator Humphrey, Speaker Rayburn, Fellow Democrats, I want to express my thanks to Governor Stevenson for his generous and heart-warming introduction.

It was my great honor to place his name in nomination at the 1956 Democratic National Convention, and I am delighted to have his support and his counsel and his advice in the coming months ahead.

With a deep sense of duty and high resolve, I accept your nomination.

I accept it with a full and grateful heart - without reservation - and with only one obligation - the obligation to devote every effort of body, mind and spirit to lead our party back to victory and our Nation back to greatness.

I am grateful too, that you have provided me with such an eloquent statement of our Party

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