On the recordMarch 12, 1961
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.
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presidency.ucsb.eduJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy: “As a citizen of the United States let me be the first to admit that we North Americans have not always grasped the…”
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Address at a White House Reception for Members of Congress and for the Diplomatic Corps of the Latin American Republics.
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