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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “It proves that the new breed is as good as the old breed, and I can think of no higher compliment.”

On the recordJuly 11, 1962
It proves that the new breed is as good as the old breed, and I can think of no higher compliment.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Evening Parade following an Inspection of the Marine Barracks.

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