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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I want to see us build here in this country a strong and vital and progressive society that will serve as an inspiration…”

On the recordNovember 5, 1960
I want to see us build here in this country a strong and vital and progressive society that will serve as an inspiration to all those people who desire to follow the road that we have followed.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Street Rally, Waterbury, CT

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