John Kennedy actually said...

For Cologne is not only an ancient German city, it is also an ancient European city, a city which, since Roman times, has played a special role in preserving Western culture, and Western religion, and Western civilization.

Context

Remarks at the Rathaus in Cologne After Signing the Golden Book.

06/22/1963

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