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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: For this will be a wholly different nation in 1970 with wholly different needs, and we must begin now to meet those…

On the recordOctober 25, 1960
For this will be a wholly different nation in 1970 with wholly different needs, and we must begin now to meet those needs.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Excerpts of Speech by Senator John F. Kennedy, Michigan State Fair, Detroit Coliseum, Detroit, MI - (Advance Release Text)

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