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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the other systems that have been tried.”

On the recordMay 18, 1962
Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the other systems that have been tried.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks in Response to New York's Birthday Salute to the President

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