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On the recordApril 27, 1961
For unless individual Americans plan to protect their own families--the most ambitious and carefully organized activities of government will prove inadequate.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks Recorded for Broadcast During the Annual Civil Defense Exercises.

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