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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Whether you help someone in your own country or in some foreign country the general cause is served.”

On the recordAugust 28, 1962
Whether you help someone in your own country or in some foreign country the general cause is served.
Said by
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks to a Group of Junior Red Cross Representatives from Abroad.

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