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And all the world knows that no successful system builds a wall to keep its people in and freedom out--and the wall of shame dividing Berlin is a symbol of Communist failure.
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John F. Kennedy
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Kennedy asserts that the Berlin Wall symbolizes the failure of Communism to retain its citizens.
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