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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I hope that in 1962 we will meet our responsibilities in this city and country to bear our burdens of maintaining the…”

On the recordOctober 11, 1962
I hope that in 1962 we will meet our responsibilities in this city and country to bear our burdens of maintaining the peace, to contribute to the security of our country, to make it possible especially for the boys and girls of this country to be well educated and to develop their own resources and make their own contribution.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks at a Columbus Day Celebration in Newark, New Jersey

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