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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Perhaps lastly because if this country is going to not only survive, to endure, but to prevail, at least its system…”

On the recordOctober 16, 1960
Perhaps lastly because if this country is going to not only survive, to endure, but to prevail, at least its system, then there must be the closest cooperation between our universities and our politicians, between our academicians and intellectuals and those who guide our governmental life.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Speech of Senator John F. Kennedy, Wittenberg College Stadium, Springfield, Ohio

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