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On the recordFebruary 6, 1963
We cannot depend solely on our material wealth, on our military might, or on our intellectual skill or physical courage to see us safely through the seas that we must sail in the months and years to come.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the 11th Annual Presidential Prayer Breakfast

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