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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “This hemisphere must be a source of strength to ourselves, and also, I hope, inspiration to countries around the world…”

On the recordMay 13, 1962
This hemisphere must be a source of strength to ourselves, and also, I hope, inspiration to countries around the world, of how people can live together in amity and friendship over a long period of time.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks to Visiting Members of the Mexican Congress.

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