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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “The great movements in this country's history, the great periods of intellectual and social activity, took place in…”

On the recordSeptember 26, 1963
The great movements in this country's history, the great periods of intellectual and social activity, took place in those periods when we looked long range to the future.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Cheney Stadium in Tacoma.

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