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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “This desire for freedom, this desire for liberty, wherever it may be on the globe, in my opinion is the strongest tide…”

On the recordMay 31, 1961
This desire for freedom, this desire for liberty, wherever it may be on the globe, in my opinion is the strongest tide of the 20th century.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks at a Civic Reception for President Kennedy at the Hotel de Ville

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