John Kennedy actually said...

I hold the view that in these difficult and dangerous times it is the function of the opposition, if it is going to meet its responsibility as a party, to try to suggest alternative courses of action.

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Albion, MI

10/13/1960

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