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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “If we can do that, if the name of the United States can be identified with this great cause in the 1960's, then I think…”

On the recordDecember 16, 1961
If we can do that, if the name of the United States can be identified with this great cause in the 1960's, then I think the interests of our country and the interests of freedom and the interests of this country are well served.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the San Carlos Palace to the American Embassy Staff in Bogota.

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