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On the recordSeptember 19, 1963
I really came here today not to make any particular proposals, but to indicate my strong feeling that the United Nations must be supported by the United States, and that other countries must not only support it verbally, but must support it financially, must commit their fortunes to strengthening it.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks in New York City to Staff Members of the U.S. Delegation to the United Nations.

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