John Kennedy actually said...

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

11/05/1960

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