On the recordApril 27, 1961
I come here as a citizen of the great Republic, and I believe that the future can belong to those who are free, because I believe it must belong to those who are free.
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presidency.ucsb.eduI come here as a citizen of the great Republic, and I believe that the future can belong to those who are free, because I believe it must belong to those who are free.
Address in Chicago at a Dinner of the Democratic Party of Cook County
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