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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I am proud to stand here, although I am not a candidate for office, and in all good faith ask you to give us some people…”

On the recordOctober 12, 1962
I am proud to stand here, although I am not a candidate for office, and in all good faith ask you to give us some people who in 1963 and '64 will build a strong America upon which the world depends.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks at the Court House, Washington, Pennsylvania

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