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On the recordOctober 22, 1960
The great problem that we face as citizens of this hemisphere is to prevent other countries from following that example.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Speech of Senator John F. Kennedy, Milwaukee, WI

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