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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put…”

On the recordSeptember 26, 1962
We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work, and that is the issue in this campaign.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks at the Wheeling Stadium, Wheeling, West Virginia

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