We stand where Franklin Roosevelt stood, and I think in the next few years here in this country we should build a better society, where all Americans, regardless of their race, of their creed and their color, regardless of the circumstances of their birth, have an equal oppportunity to develop their talents.
Speech of Senator John F. Kennedy, Armory, Springfield, IL
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