“The President of a great democracy such as ours, and the editors of great newspapers such as yours, owe a common obligation to the people: an obligation to present the facts, to present them with candor, and to present them in perspective.”

1961, Address before the American Society of Newspaper Editors

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35th president of the United States of America 1917–1963

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