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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “The great strength of our country is the willingness of people such as yourselves to undertake this kind of work.”

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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