Political Quotes

On the recordMarch 20, 1961
We want to keep our economy free--we want labor to be free--we want management to be free--and we want to keep the Federal Government in its proper role.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a Meeting of the President's Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy.

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