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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Can we demonstrate over a long period of time that our system represents the best means of organizing human society?”

On the recordOctober 6, 1960
Can we demonstrate over a long period of time that our system represents the best means of organizing human society?
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Howard University, Washington, DC

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