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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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