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I want us to demonstrate that we can be first; not, if or but or when, but first, now, period.

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Rally, Lawrence Hotel, Erie, PA

09/27/1960

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
deceased

usa, Massachusetts

5,624 Quotes

Born5/29/1917

Died11/22/1963 (aged 46)

PartyDemocratic

  • President

    1/20/1961 - 11/22/1963
  • United States Senator

    1/3/1953 - 12/22/1960
  • representative

    1/3/1947 - 1/3/1953
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