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On the recordMay 28, 1961
You're something of Irish and I suppose something of Harvard. My advice to you as President is to be Irish.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the President's Birthday Dinner in Boston.

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