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On the recordJune 4, 1963
This must give you the greatest possible satisfaction because never in history has so much depended upon one people, and I think never in history has one people been so willing to assume that responsibility.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks Upon Arrival at the Missile Range, White Sands, New Mexico.

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