John Kennedy actually said...

I ask your support not merely for my candidacy or that of my colleagues, but I ask your support in choosing right for this country, in moving this country forward, in picking it up and sending it into the sixties to meet its responsibilities.

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Teaneck Armory, Teterboro, NJ

11/05/1960

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