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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “We owe it to each individual child to give him the best education he is capable of absorbing.”

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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