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On the recordOctober 11, 1960
I want to make it clear that all this is important, not only to ourselves, but all those who look to us in the cause of freedom.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Excerpts of Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Public Rally, Hotel Theresa, New York, NY

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