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On the recordOctober 13, 1960
In my judgment, it wants to be not only a great country, which it is; it wants to be a greater country.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Kalamazoo, MI

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