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On the recordOctober 21, 1962
We will not prematurely or unnecessarily risk the costs of worldwide nuclear war in which even the fruits of victory would be ashes in our mouth--but neither will we shrink from that risk at any time it must be faced.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Radio and Television Report to the American People on the Soviet Arms Buildup in Cuba

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