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On the recordSeptember 27, 1960
When the United States is in trouble, it isn't the President that is in trouble. It is the United States.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, 'Breakfast with Kennedy', Lawrence Hotel, Erie, PA

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