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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 1962
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values.
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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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