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On the recordSeptember 27, 1960
We Democrats have believed at all times and at all places in using the Federal Government to help people.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Excerpts from the Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Lockport, NY - (Advance Release Text)

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