John Kennedy actually said...

For all this means we are not doing the job; we are not meeting our responsibilities to the future; we are not assuring American leadership in the decade ahead.

Context

Excerpts of Speech by Senator John F. Kennedy, Michigan State Fair, Detroit Coliseum, Detroit, MI - (Advance Release Text)

10/25/1960

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