John Kennedy actually said...

I want it said at the end of our administration, if we are successful, that every American had an equal chance, every American had a fair chance to develop his talents, and that is all we ask and that is all that any American asks.

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Fulton and Nostrand, Brooklyn, NY

10/19/1960

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