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We shall be judged more by what we do at home than by what we preach abroad.
Said by
John F. Kennedy
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gutenberg.orgJohn F. Kennedy: “We shall be judged more by what we do at home than by what we preach abroad.”
Editor's note · Context
Kennedy asserts that the true measure of a nation is its actions at home rather than its foreign rhetoric.
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