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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “In a world of danger and trial, peace is our deepest aspiration, and when peace comes we will gladly convert not our…”

On the recordSeptember 5, 1960
In a world of danger and trial, peace is our deepest aspiration, and when peace comes we will gladly convert not our swords into plowshares, but our bombs into peaceful reactors, and our planes into space vessels.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Speech of Senator John F. Kennedy, Civic Auditorium, Seattle, WA

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