John Kennedy actually said...

American prestige, essential to our influence and our security, has declined these last 8 years even more sharply than we realized.

Context

Excerpts of Remarks by Senator John F. Kennedy, York Town Ship High School, Elmhurst, IL

10/24/1960

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