John Kennedy said...

Not the President, not the Senators, not the Congressmen, not the governors, not the commissioners, not the mayors, but 180 million Americans can advance this country into a bright future.

Context

Remarks at the Air Terminal in Fresno, California, After Inspecting Western Conservation Projects.

08/17/1962

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