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On the recordOctober 15, 1960
The Congress has an important function, but in a very real sense the Congress can block, but only the President of the United States can propose.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Speech by the Honorable John F. Kennedy, at Boys' Gymnasium, Montgomery-Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD

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