John Kennedy actually said...

As a citizen of the United States let me be the first to admit that we North Americans have not always grasped the significance of this common mission.

Context

Address at a White House Reception for Members of Congress and for the Diplomatic Corps of the Latin American Republics.

03/12/1961

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