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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “The United States, in fact all of us, love, I suppose, in a sense, lost causes, and on occasion the history of Scotland…”

On the recordNovember 12, 1963
The United States, in fact all of us, love, I suppose, in a sense, lost causes, and on occasion the history of Scotland has been a lost cause.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Welcome to the Members of the Black Watch Regiment

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