Political Quotes

On the recordOctober 15, 1960
Though the problems change, I believe the spirit which motivates the Democratic Party is the same spirit of progress which motivated it when Thomas Jefferson made the Louisiana Purchase.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Speech by the Honorable John F. Kennedy, at Boys' Gymnasium, Montgomery-Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD

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