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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I run with the idea not of downgrading our country, because my confidence in this country is unlimited.”

On the recordOctober 22, 1960
I run with the idea not of downgrading our country, because my confidence in this country is unlimited.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Green Bay, WI

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