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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “So I hope that those who look to the South as the South looks to us, and may on occasions get discouraged, realize that…”

On the recordJuly 22, 1962
So I hope that those who look to the South as the South looks to us, and may on occasions get discouraged, realize that we are involved in one of the great adventures in the history of this hemisphere and, indeed, in the history of the human race.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Toast of the President at a Luncheon in Honor of President Arosemena

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