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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I hope that in the 1960's these years will be known as years in which the United States took the leadership in the great…”

On the recordDecember 5, 1962
I hope that in the 1960's these years will be known as years in which the United States took the leadership in the great effort to make it possible to discover what we can do to make these boys' and girls' lives more hopeful and fruitful.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the First International Awards Dinner of the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Foundation

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