On the record
For it is the fate of this generation--of you in the Congress and of me as President--to live with a struggle we did not start, in a world we did not make.
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John F. Kennedy
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gutenberg.orgFor it is the fate of this generation--of you in the Congress and of me as President--to live with a struggle we did not start, in a world we did not make.
Kennedy reflects on the challenges faced by his generation in a complex world.
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