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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “We have the knowledge and the capacity to relieve great suffering and to rehabilitate untold numbers of our fellow…”

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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