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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “During the American Revolution of 1776, Thomas Paine said, 'The cause of America is the cause of all mankind.'”

On the recordOctober 15, 1960
During the American Revolution of 1776, Thomas Paine said, 'The cause of America is the cause of all mankind.'
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of the Honorable John F. Kennedy to the Crowd Assembled Outside Montgomery-Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD

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