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For we offer a world of choice--they offer the world of coercion.
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John F. Kennedy
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gutenberg.orgJohn F. Kennedy: “For we offer a world of choice--they offer the world of coercion.”
Editor's note · Context
Kennedy contrasts the choices offered by the U.S. with those imposed by coercive regimes.
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