John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “This country can only be a leader abroad if it is strong at home.”

On the recordOctober 6, 1962

This country can only be a leader abroad if it is strong at home.

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Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks by Telephone to a Democratic Rally at St. Cloud, Minnesota

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