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On the recordOctober 4, 1962
This is not a nonpolitical trip; it's a political trip in the sense that we have come here to Michigan in order to talk to the Democrats of this State who on many occasions, both in this State and in the country, have stood up for progress.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks Upon Arrival at Metropolitan Airport, Detroit

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