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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “And I think the way we can pay it is to do the best we can for our country and our people, and to commit ourselves to…”

On the recordMay 18, 1962
And I think the way we can pay it is to do the best we can for our country and our people, and to commit ourselves to the great causes which lie before us.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks in Response to New York's Birthday Salute to the President

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