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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “He says our prestige was never higher, that we have never been stronger, that the tide in world history is moving in our…”

On the recordOctober 17, 1960
He says our prestige was never higher, that we have never been stronger, that the tide in world history is moving in our direction, and that if we continue our present policies, by 1965 and 1970, the United States will be secure and the world will begin to move in the direction of freedom.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, 163d Street Shopping Center, North Miami Beach, FL

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