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On the recordOctober 3, 1960
During the war between the Spartans and the Persians, and after 300 Spartans were wiped out at Thermopylae, they carved a sign in the rock which said, 'Passerby, tell Sparta we fell faithful to her service.'
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Evansville, IN

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