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Statement by Senator John F. Kennedy on Vice President Nixon and Civil Rights

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Nov 12, 1963

The United States, in fact all of us, love, I suppose, in a sense, lost causes, and on occasion the history of Scotland has been a lost cause.

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And the American Bar Association has been very helpful in making the judgment, but I am sure they would agree that they are not infallible.

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I congratulate you, the people of Delaware, the people of Maryland, and the people of the United States.

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