John Kennedy actually said...

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.

Context

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

09/01/1960

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