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On the recordMay 7, 1961
Our adversaries in this struggle against freedom--and they are not national adversaries, we have no national disagreements, what is involved is the great struggle for freedom, and our adversaries in that struggle possess many advantages.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Address at the 39th Annual Convention of the National Association of Broadcasters.

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