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On the recordDecember 4, 1961
The same people who produced the poetry of Homer, the wisdom of Plato and Aristotle--they also produced the Olympic Games.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Address in New York City at the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Banquet.

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