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On the recordOctober 1, 1960
I think we should hold out the hands of friendship and I think the bread we float on the water will come back to us, many times over in the coming years.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Farmers Union Gta Convention, St. Paul, MN

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