John Fitzgerald Kennedy said "The use of a national origins system is without basis in either logic or reason." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 22, 1963

The use of a national origins system is without basis in either logic or reason.

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Democratic · Massachusetts

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Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House on Revision of the Immigration Laws.

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