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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “If there was ever a formula for inaction, for standing still, for those Americans who don't want anything done, that is…”

On the recordOctober 14, 1960
If there was ever a formula for inaction, for standing still, for those Americans who don't want anything done, that is the solution.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Beaver Falls, PA

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