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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I am convinced that the basic issue which faces the American people and, indeed, the people of the world, is whether the…”

On the recordOctober 2, 1960
I am convinced that the basic issue which faces the American people and, indeed, the people of the world, is whether the world can exist half slave and half free.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Speech of Senator John F. Kennedy, Armory, Springfield, IL

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