I come here today to Queens and ask your help in moving this country forward in building our strength, in building our influence abroad, in identifying our selves once again as the great defender of freedom at a time when freedom is under attack all over the globe.
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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Boulevard Restaurant (Outside), Queens, NY
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