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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “If we stand still, if we look back, if we mark time while the Communists move ahead, then people in Latin America…”

On the recordSeptember 11, 1960
If we stand still, if we look back, if we mark time while the Communists move ahead, then people in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, will determine that the future belongs to the East and not to the West.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, the Alamo, San Antonio, TX

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