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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “The Federal Government cannot do for us what we must do for ourselves, but it can, with more progressive leadership, set…”

On the recordSeptember 1, 1960
The Federal Government cannot do for us what we must do for ourselves, but it can, with more progressive leadership, set the atmosphere in which our economy can be revitalized.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Excerpts from the Remarks of John F. Kennedy, Manchester, NH, Airport Rally

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