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On the recordMay 4, 1963
One of the great things about this country has been that our most extraordinary accomplishments have not come from the Government down, or from the top down, but have come from the bottom up.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks at the 75th Anniversary Banquet of the International Association of Machinists.

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