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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “The question now is: Can freedom be maintained under the most severe attack it has ever known?”

On the recordSeptember 25, 1960
The question now is: Can freedom be maintained under the most severe attack it has ever known?
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Presidential Debate in Chicago

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