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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I think that while we may not have been together a year ago, we are together now, and I will be the President of the…”

On the recordDecember 5, 1961
I think that while we may not have been together a year ago, we are together now, and I will be the President of the United States for the next three years,
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Address in New York City to the National Association of Manufacturers.

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