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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I take my case to you because I am confident that the American people are not going to tolerate pockets of poverty and…”

On the recordSeptember 4, 1960
I take my case to you because I am confident that the American people are not going to tolerate pockets of poverty and chronic unemployment in this land, the waste of idle men and women who are ready, willing, and able to work, or the decline of our farms.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Speech of Senator John F. Kennedy, Cadillac Square, Detroit, MI

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