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Hear John F. Kennedy as he speaks these words:

"My call is to the young in heart, regardless of age - to the stout in spirit, regardless of party - to all who respond to the scriptural call: 'Be strong and of good courage; be not afraid, neither be though dismayed.'"
-Accepting the Democratic nomination, July 15, 1960

"My fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you- ask what you can do for your country ... Let the word go forth from this time and place to friend and foe alike that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of their ancient heritage ..."
-Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961

"We do not intend to be lectured on intervention by those whose character was stamped for all time in the bloody streets of Budapest." 
-During the Bay of Pigs crisis, April 20, 1961

"I will tell you now that it was a very sober two days. The facts of the matter are that the Soviets and ourselves give wholly different meanings to the same words ... war, peace, democracy, and popular will."
-After meeting with Khrushchev in Vienna, June 6, 1961

"Every man, woman and child lives under a nuclear sword of Damocles, hanging by the slenderest of threads, capable of being cut at any moment by accident, miscalculation, or madness. The weapons of war must be abolished before they abolished us."
-At the United Nations, September 25, 1961

TIME, MARCH 6, 1964

"Two thousand years ago, the proudest boast was: 'Civis Romanus sum.' Today in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is: 'Ich bin ein Berliner!'"
-On visiting Berlin, June 24, 1963

"Peace is a process - a way of solving problems ... In the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet; we breathe the same air; we all cherish our children's future; we are all mortal."
-Commencement address at American University, June 10, 1963

"I [erased] forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty; which will reward achievement in the arts as we reward achievement in business and statecraft ... which commands respect not only for its strength but for its civilization as well."
-Adress at Amherst College, honoring Robert Frost, October 26, 1963

Plus the complete Inaugural Address and many memorable moments from . the West Virginia primary campaign . Kennedy-Nixon debates . Press conferences . Off-the-cuff remarks . Admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi . State of the Union Messages . Test Ban treaty . Rice University speech on space exploration . Fort Worth.

You will also hear: Robert Frost at the Inauguration Ceremony . Jacqueline Kennedy at the dedication of the National Cultural Center . Carl Sandburg delivering his tribute to the late President . Richard Cardinal Cushing . Excerpts from the Requiem Mass, November 25, 1963.