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On the recordOctober 21, 1960
I look at the world around us and at our country, and I say this is a great country but it must be greater.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Crestwood Shopping Center, Crestwood, MO

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