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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I think we are inclined to think that if we watch a football game or a baseball game, that we have taken part in it.”

On the recordJanuary 30, 1961
I think we are inclined to think that if we watch a football game or a baseball game, that we have taken part in it.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Interview With Dave Garroway Recorded for the 150th Anniversary of the Founding of Massachusetts General Hospital.

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