John Kennedy actually said...

I believe that if we meet our responsibilities - if we extend the hand of friendship - if we live up to the ideals of our own revolution - then the course of the African revolution in the next decade will be toward democracy and freedom, rather than toward communism and slavery.

Context

Speech by Senator John F. Kennedy, National Council of Women, Inc., Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, NY

10/11/1960

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