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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you will all join with me in drinking to the very good health of the President, coming from…”

On the recordJune 3, 1963
Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you will all join with me in drinking to the very good health of the President, coming from a country far different from ours, but it shows really what a small world it is and how much we share the same aspirations.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Toast to President Radhakrishnan at a Luncheon at the Indian Embassy

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