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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “No man can hope to prophesy with precision the outcome of the great struggle in which our generation is now engaged.”

On the recordMay 7, 1961
No man can hope to prophesy with precision the outcome of the great struggle in which our generation is now engaged.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Address at the 39th Annual Convention of the National Association of Broadcasters.

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