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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Paint us with all our blemishes and warts, all those things about us that may not be so immediately attractive.”

On the recordFebruary 25, 1962
Paint us with all our blemishes and warts, all those things about us that may not be so immediately attractive.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks on the 20th Anniversary of the Voice of America.

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