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On the recordSeptember 4, 1960
I do not consider a politician's chief duty to consider how he can gain popularity at the moment.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Picnic, Muskegon, MI

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