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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Our record is a proud one--and it sharply refutes those who accuse us of thinking only in the materialistic terms of…”

On the recordJanuary 31, 1962
Our record is a proud one--and it sharply refutes those who accuse us of thinking only in the materialistic terms of cash registers and calculating machines
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Special Message to the Congress on Public Welfare Programs

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