Political Quotes

On the recordMay 7, 1961
It is only what we decide ourselves we will do-which direction we will turn the tide of history--that we can be successful.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Address at the 39th Annual Convention of the National Association of Broadcasters.

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