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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Forward, and that is what this country must do, that is the direction it must take, that is the direction it will take…

On the recordOctober 22, 1960
Forward, and that is what this country must do, that is the direction it must take, that is the direction it will take November 8, when we make an affirmative decision.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Speech of Senator John F. Kennedy, Milwaukee, WI

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