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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I want to be a President who has the confidence of the people - and who takes the people into his confidence.”

On the recordNovember 4, 1960
I want to be a President who has the confidence of the people - and who takes the people into his confidence.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Excerpts of Remarks by Senator John F. Kennedy, New York Coliseum, New York, NY

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