John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “The myth here is that government is big, and bad—and steadily getting…”

On the recordJune 10, 1962

The myth here is that government is big, and bad—and steadily getting bigger and worse.

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Democratic · Massachusetts

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Commencement Address at Yale University.

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