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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “We believe that people are capable of standing the burdens and the pressures which choice places upon them.”

On the recordFebruary 25, 1962
We believe that people are capable of standing the burdens and the pressures which choice places upon them.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks on the 20th Anniversary of the Voice of America.

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