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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I don't run for the office of the Presidency promising that if I am elected that life will be easy, but I do run for the…”

On the recordSeptember 8, 1960
I don't run for the office of the Presidency promising that if I am elected that life will be easy, but I do run for the office of the Presidency with the greatest possible confidence in this country.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Rear Platform Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Modesto, CA

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