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On the recordMay 2, 1961
Like President Washington, President Bourguiba is a revolutionary, and like President Washington he also, when the revolution was won, had the sense of judgment, self-discipline and strength to attempt to bring good will and peace among his people and to the people of the former occupiers of his country and his surrounding neighbors.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Toasts of the President and President Bourguiba

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