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On the recordOctober 2, 1960
Abraham Lincoln belongs to the ages, and he belongs to all Americans, regardless of their party.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Speech of Senator John F. Kennedy, Armory, Springfield, IL

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