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On the recordMay 18, 1962
The unfinished business of this country is your business, and I can assure you, after being in the Presidency only 16 or 17 months, that the progress of this country will depend in a great measure on the sense of public responsibility of members of organized labor.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks in New York City at the Dedication of the Penn Station South Urban Renewal Project.

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