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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I don't think if we continue on our present basis that we will be the leaders of the free world.”

On the recordOctober 24, 1960
I don't think if we continue on our present basis that we will be the leaders of the free world.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Batavia, IL

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