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On the recordFebruary 14, 1963
We have the knowledge and the capacity to relieve great suffering and to rehabilitate untold numbers of our fellow citizens affected with mental disabilities.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Letter to the President, Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, on Mental Illness and Mental Retardation.

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