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On the recordSeptember 26, 1960
It is a contest between those of us who believe that the best days of the United States are still ahead.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Hellriegel's Inn, Painesville, Ohio

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