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This is an actual verbatim quote from JFK, the last true American Democrat. It was made during a commemorative speech on Roosevelt Day, January 29, 1961:
"In my own native state of Massachusetts, the battle for American freedom was begun by the thousands of farmers and tradesmen who made up the Minute Men -- citizens who were ready to defend their liberty at a moment's notice. Today we need a nation of minute men; citizens who are not only prepared to take up arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as a basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom. The cause of liberty, the cause of America, cannot succeed with any lesser effort.
It is this effort and concern which makes up the New Frontier. And it is this effort and concern which will determine the success or failure not only with this Administration, but of our nation itself."
Source: White House Central Subject Files, Box 111, "FDR".
Other Information Sources:
"Know your Lawmakers," Guns Magazine, April 1960.
"Letter to President John F. Kennedy from the NRA," [NRAcentral.com].
"New Minute Men Urged by Kennedy," The New York Times, 30 January, 1961, pg. 13.
"Kennedy Says U.S. Needs Minute Men," Los Angeles Times, 30 January, 1961, pg. 4.
"Minutemen's Soft-Sell Leader: Robert B. DePugh," The New York Times, 12 November 1961, pg. 76.
President Kennedy's Commemorative Message on Roosevelt Day, January 29, 1961 | JFK Library
"In my own native state of Massachusetts, the battle for American freedom was begun by the thousands of farmers and tradesmen who made up the Minute Men -- citizens who were ready to defend their liberty at a moment's notice. Today we need a nation of minute men; citizens who are not only prepared to take up arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as a basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom. The cause of liberty, the cause of America, cannot succeed with any lesser effort.
It is this effort and concern which makes up the New Frontier. And it is this effort and concern which will determine the success or failure not only with this Administration, but of our nation itself."
Source: White House Central Subject Files, Box 111, "FDR".
Other Information Sources:
"Know your Lawmakers," Guns Magazine, April 1960.
"Letter to President John F. Kennedy from the NRA," [NRAcentral.com].
"New Minute Men Urged by Kennedy," The New York Times, 30 January, 1961, pg. 13.
"Kennedy Says U.S. Needs Minute Men," Los Angeles Times, 30 January, 1961, pg. 4.
"Minutemen's Soft-Sell Leader: Robert B. DePugh," The New York Times, 12 November 1961, pg. 76.
President Kennedy's Commemorative Message on Roosevelt Day, January 29, 1961 | JFK Library