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On the recordMarch 6, 1962
This is a free society and a free economy, and we do believe that freedom and, really, progress is best served by permitting people to advance their private interests.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks at the 18th Annual Washington Conference of the Advertising Council.

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