John Fitzgerald Kennedy said "And working through the Alianza para el Progreso, a great communal effort, not that of the United States, not that of Mexico, but of all of the sister republics of our free hemisphere working together, it is our obligation to bring to the people of this hemisphere the same opportunities that you gentlemen are working for the people of Mexico City--housing and jobs and education and a future as well as a past." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJune 28, 1962

And working through the Alianza para el Progreso, a great communal effort, not that of the United States, not that of Mexico, but of all of the sister republics of our free hemisphere working together, it is our obligation to bring to the people of this hemisphere the same opportunities that you gentlemen are working for the people of Mexico City--housing and jobs and education and a future as well as a past.

Said by

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Democratic · Massachusetts

Source

presidency.ucsb.edu

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a Civic Ceremony at the Municipal Palace, Mexico City.

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