John Kennedy actually said...

Our mission, I said, was 'to complete the revolution of the Americas--to build a Hemisphere where all men can hope for a suitable standard of living--and all can live out their lives in dignity and freedom.'

Context

Address on the First Anniversary of the Alliance for Progress

03/12/1962

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