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On the recordOctober 21, 1960
For that will be achieved, not by painting everything rosy colors, as the Vice President seemed to suggest in our debate last night, but by showing our ability to face the facts and to make a responsible choice.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks by Senator John F. Kennedy, Northland Shopping Center, Jennings, MO - (Advance Release Text)

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