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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “We want others to bear their proportionate share of the burden but we do not suggest that we in the United States should…”

On the recordFebruary 28, 1962
We want others to bear their proportionate share of the burden but we do not suggest that we in the United States should fail or flinch or become fatigued.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks at the White House to Members of the American Legion.

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