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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “We must be willing to devote our national energies to demonstrating in every form of human endeavor we are second to…”

On the recordAugust 25, 1960
We must be willing to devote our national energies to demonstrating in every form of human endeavor we are second to none, that we are first and will continue to be first regardless of what challenges may be hurled against us.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Text of Telephone Address by Senator John F. Kennedy to Amvet Convention, Miami Beach, FL

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