John Kennedy actually said...

It is our responsibility to bring those programs, extension of the right to vote, civil rights, minimum wage, housing, education, to increase the opportunity for all Americans to share in the abundance.

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Auditorium, Union Hall, New York, NY

10/18/1960

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