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On the recordSeptember 11, 1960
I ask you tonight to follow in that tradition - to judge me on the basis of my record of 14 years in Congress.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Speech of Senator John F. Kennedy, Greater Houston Ministerial Association, Rice Hotel, Houston, TX

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