In my judgment, it wants to be not only a great country, which it is; it wants to be a greater country.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “In my judgment, it wants to be not only a great country, which it is; it wants to be a greater country.”
On the recordOctober 13, 1960
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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Kalamazoo, MI
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