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On the recordMay 29, 1961
The great strength of our country is the willingness of people such as yourselves to undertake this kind of work.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a Dinner of the Eleanor Roosevelt Cancer Foundation in New York City.

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