| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 1189 |
| AUTHOR: | John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917–63) |
| QUOTATION: | A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living. Today’s military rejects include tomorrow’s hard core unemployed. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | President JOHN F. KENNEDY, statement on the need for training or rehabilitation of Selective Service rejectees, September 30, 1963.—Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963, p. 753. |
| SUBJECTS: | Military service |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | |
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