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On the recordMay 18, 1962
I can now retire from politics after having had 'Happy Birthday' sung to me in such a sweet--[laughter].
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks in Response to New York's Birthday Salute to the President

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