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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “If we are going to be strong abroad if we are going to win the peace, if we are going to maintain our prestige, it will…”

On the recordNovember 5, 1960
If we are going to be strong abroad if we are going to win the peace, if we are going to maintain our prestige, it will be not only by speeches and debates and good will missions; it will be by building in this country a strong and vital and progressive society, committed to finishing the unfinished business, building here the kind of country which will serve as an example to freedom all around the globe.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, City Park, Lewiston, Maine

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