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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any…”

On the recordJanuary 19, 1961
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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