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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I don't know any other society which attempts what this country attempts to do, which requires really the good will and…”

On the recordApril 30, 1961
I don't know any other society which attempts what this country attempts to do, which requires really the good will and support of the citizens of the United States in contributing a large share of their income to the maintenance of the American society.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks to the Joint Conference of Regional Commissioners and District Directors of the Internal Revenue Service.

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