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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “If we serve them better now, they will serve their nation better when the burdens are theirs alone.”

On the recordFebruary 13, 1963
If we serve them better now, they will serve their nation better when the burdens are theirs alone.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Special Message to the Congress on the Nation's Youth.

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