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On the recordOctober 13, 1960
I think the United States, if it is going to maintain its independence, if it is going to maintain the independence of those who look to us, I don't want to see the United States - or historians say that in 1960 we stood still.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Owosso, MI

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