John Kennedy actually said...

If consumers are offered inferior products, if prices are exorbitant, if drugs are unsafe or worthless, if the consumer is unable to choose on an informed basis, then his dollar is wasted, his health and safety may be threatened, and the national interest suffers.

Context

Special Message to the Congress on Protecting the Consumer Interest.

03/14/1962

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