John F. Kennedy: “Wherever nations are willing to help themselves, we stand ready to…”

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Wherever nations are willing to help themselves, we stand ready to help them build new bulwarks of freedom.

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John F. Kennedy

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Kennedy expresses the United States' readiness to assist nations that are willing to help themselves in their pursuit of freedom.

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John F. Kennedy: “Wherever nations are willing to help themselves, we stand ready to help them build new bulwarks of freedom.”