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"Kinder World" is a public speech that was delivered by at the time Senator, Independent presidential candidate[2]and future 37th President of the United States; Robert F. Kennedy during a visit to Nanterre Universityin Paris, France on October 1st, 1968. In the speech, Kennedy spoke of seeing the United States grow into what he and his brother, President John F. Kennedy, had envisioned 8 years prior.[3] He would go on to say, "America is a nation that has stood as a beacon of freedom to the rest of the world, and I hope for it to be a beacon of hope. And bring forth a world where people of all walks of life can be equal, men, women, children; black or white that we can all have the same benefits and bring that to every nation and build a new world. A better world. A kinder world."[4]
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- ↑ "National General Election VEP Turnout Rates, 1789-Present". United States Election Project. CQ Press. Archived from the original on July 25, 2014. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
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- ↑ In Alabama, Humphrey was on the ballot as the candidate for the National Democratic Party of Alabama and the Alabama Independent Democratic Party instead. In New York, he was also on the ballot as the Liberal Party of New York candidate.
- ↑ Nixon's official state of residence was New York because he moved there to practice law after his defeat in the 1962 California gubernatorial election. During his first term as president, Nixon re-established his residency in California. Consequently, most reliable reference books, including the January 6, 1969, edition of the Congressional Record, list his home state as New York.
- ↑ In some states former Georgia Governor Marvin Griffin was George Wallace's running mate instead, although he won no electoral votes in any of those states.
- 1 2 In state-by-state tallies, Nixon earned 302 pledged electors, Wallace 45. Nixon lost one vote in North Carolina to Lloyd W. Bailey, who voted for Wallace & LeMay, even though Nixon carried the state.
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