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On the recordOctober 24, 1960
We owe it to each individual child to give him the best education he is capable of absorbing.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks by Senator John F. Kennedy, Meadowdale Shopping Center, Carpentersville, IL - (Advance Release Text)

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