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On the recordOctober 13, 1960
We are going to have to make it possible for every American, regardless of his race or his religion, or the color of his skin, to realize his talents, and we stand for that.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Jackson, MI

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