Political Quotes

On the recordJune 24, 1963
Never in history has a country had so many of its sons serving so far away from their own land in a time of danger, not for the purpose of conquest but for the purpose of freedom.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks to Allied and American Troops at Fliegerhorst Barracks Near Hanau.

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