John Fitzgerald Kennedy said "We cannot afford to be complacent while any individual's rights are denied or abused." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordApril 18, 1963

We cannot afford to be complacent while any individual's rights are denied or abused.

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Democratic · Massachusetts

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Letter to the Chairman in Response to a Report on Mississippi by the Civil Rights Commission

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