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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “As long as this country lives, what Thomas Jefferson called the disease of liberty will be catching.”

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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