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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “We want a strong country, and I believe that in this case, in this year, in these times, it calls for the election of…”

On the recordOctober 9, 1962
We want a strong country, and I believe that in this case, in this year, in these times, it calls for the election of men and women who believe in progress.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks in Baltimore at the Fifth Regiment Armory

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