John Kennedy actually 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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