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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people…”

On the recordJune 25, 1963
Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in, to prevent them from leaving us.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks in the Rudolph Wilde Platz, Berlin

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