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On the recordOctober 9, 1960
Georgia has much to be proud of, and among those things is the fact that in this century you did not vote for McKinley, and Georgia did not vote for Harding and Georgia did not vote for Coolidge, and Georgia did not vote for Hoover, and Georgia did not vote for Landon, Dewey, and I don't think in 1960 it is going to vote for Mr. Nixon.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, La Grange, GA, Airport

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