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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I come today to ask you to join in this effort to strengthen our country, to strengthen freedom, and extend our hand…”

On the recordOctober 13, 1960
I come today to ask you to join in this effort to strengthen our country, to strengthen freedom, and extend our hand around the world in friendship.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Battle Creek, MI

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