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On the recordOctober 4, 1960
I ask your support, and I can assure you – I can assure you that if we are successful we will begin to give this country the kind of leadership which I think it needs, if it is not only to survive, but also to prevail.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Anderson, IN

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