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On the recordSeptember 11, 1960
The new frontier of which I speak does not consist of the things which we promise we will do for you; it consists of the things which you can do for your country.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, the Alamo, San Antonio, TX

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