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On the recordSeptember 27, 1960
I come here tonight as the Democratic candidate for the office of the Presidency in a difficult and somber time in the life of our country.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Speech of Senator John F. Kennedy, Memorial Auditorium, NY

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