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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: In the American Revolution, Thomas Paine said, 'The cause of America is the cause of all mankind.'

On the recordSeptember 8, 1960
In the American Revolution, Thomas Paine said, 'The cause of America is the cause of all mankind.'
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Rear Platform Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Merced, CA

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