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On the recordOctober 11, 1960
For it was in the new world of Columbus that man began his first rebellion against control by ancient empires.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Speech by Senator John F. Kennedy, National Council of Women, Inc., Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, NY

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