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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “One answer to this problem is the negative answer: raise our tariffs, restrict our capital, pull back from the world—and…”

On the recordMay 3, 1962
One answer to this problem is the negative answer: raise our tariffs, restrict our capital, pull back from the world—and our adversaries would only be too glad to fill any gap that we should leave.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Address in New Orleans at the Opening of the New Dockside Terminal.

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