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On the recordDecember 6, 1961
A political party is like anything else in life; it is the survival of the fittest, and the fittest in American life today are those who look realistically at the challenges and attempt to move this country forward.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks in Miami at the Young Democrats Convention.

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