John Kennedy actually said...

I think all of us have been impressed by the extraordinary example of Dr. Dooley, who went to the farthest reaches of this earth of ours in order to serve people whom we would not ordinarily regard as intimately related to us and so far away.

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Remarks Upon Presenting the Dr. Thomas Dooley Medal to His Mother

06/06/1962

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