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On the recordSeptember 30, 1960
As long as this country lives, what Thomas Jefferson called the disease of liberty will be catching.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, City Hall, Chicago, IL

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