John Fitzgerald Kennedy said "Western Europe and the United States really are islands of prosperity in a sea of poverty." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJune 23, 1963

Western Europe and the United States really are islands of prosperity in a sea of poverty.

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Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks in Bonn at the Signing of a Charter Establishing the German Peace Corps.

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