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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “So I come today not as a candidate for office, but as one who, after 21 months as President, recognizes how important it…”

On the recordOctober 11, 1962
So I come today not as a candidate for office, but as one who, after 21 months as President, recognizes how important it is that this great country of ours be dynamic and progressive, and I ask your help in giving us men who believe in that great cause.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks at a Rally in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

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