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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: I have suggested having a peace corps of young men and women who will be willing to spend 2 or 3 years of their lives as…

On the recordNovember 6, 1960
I have suggested having a peace corps of young men and women who will be willing to spend 2 or 3 years of their lives as teachers and nurses, working in different countries which are backward and which are just beginning to develop, spreading the cause of freedom.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Television Program of Senator John F. Kennedy, Manchester, NH

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