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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “In my judgment the United States can meet any burden, can meet any challenge, can meet any responsibility, but it cannot…”

On the recordOctober 17, 1960
In my judgment the United States can meet any burden, can meet any challenge, can meet any responsibility, but it cannot possibly do so unless the President of the United States and the country moves to finish the unfinished business of our society, recognizes the perils that we are in, recognizes the challenges, determines that this country shall move again, determine that we shall work in the sixties, determine that we shall be in this country an inspiration to all those who wish to be free and to hold out a helping hand to all those who desire to follow our example.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts
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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, 163d Street Shopping Center, North Miami Beach, FL

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