We cannot expect to make good in a day or even a year the accumulated deficiencies of several years.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “We cannot expect to make good in a day or even a year the accumulated deficiencies of several years.”
On the recordFebruary 1, 1961
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Special Message to the Congress: Program for Economic Recovery and Growth
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