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On the recordSeptember 26, 1960
This State symbolizes the opportunities and the responsibilities and the problems which face the United States as a whole.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Lorain Stadium, Lorain, Ohio

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