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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Our Constitution already assures us of these rights does not entitle us to stand aloof from documents which project our…”

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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