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On the recordJune 28, 1963
What gives me the greatest satisfaction and pride, being of Irish descent, is the realization that even today this very small island still sends thousands, literally thousands, of its sons and daughters to the ends of the globe to carry on an historic task which Ireland assumed 1400 or 1500 years ago.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at Shannon Airport Upon Leaving for England.

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