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On the recordJune 28, 1963
It is in a very real sense the mother of a great many people, a great many millions of people, and in a sense a great many nations.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks at Shannon Airport Upon Leaving for England.

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