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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “It will make your community a happier place; it will make you a happier person, and in the real sense your community is…”

On the recordSeptember 21, 1963
It will make your community a happier place; it will make you a happier person, and in the real sense your community is your country.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Message Recorded for the Opening of the United Community Campaigns of America

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