John Fitzgerald Kennedy said "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." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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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John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Democratic · Massachusetts

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presidency.ucsb.edu

Editor's note · Context

Address in Chicago at a Dinner of the Democratic Party of Cook County

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