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On the recordSeptember 8, 1960
This is a great country, but I think that we have to realize in the 1960's that it is going to be a difficult and dangerous time for us all.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Rear Platform Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Merced, CA

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