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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Until every child has a meal and every student has an opportunity to study, and everyone who wishes to work can find a…”

On the recordJune 28, 1962
Until every child has a meal and every student has an opportunity to study, and everyone who wishes to work can find a job, and everyone who wishes a home can find one, and everyone who is old can have security-until that is done in this hemisphere from the top to the bottom, our revolutions and the revolution of this hemisphere are incomplete.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks Upon Arrival at the Airport in Mexico City

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