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On the recordOctober 16, 1960
I seek the office of the Presidency in the most difficult and dangerous time in the life of our country.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Speech of Senator John F. Kennedy, Wittenberg College Stadium, Springfield, Ohio

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