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On the recordJuly 21, 1963
Our Constitution already assures us of these rights does not entitle us to stand aloof from documents which project our own heritage on an international scale.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Letter to the President of the Senate in Regard to Three International Human Rights Conventions.

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