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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: If it is going to move in the direction of freedom, if it is going to move in the direction of the things which we…

On the recordSeptember 7, 1960
If it is going to move in the direction of freedom, if it is going to move in the direction of the things which we value, then the United States has to lead.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Rear Platform Remark of Senator John F. Kennedy, Red Bluff, CA

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