On the recordOctober 2, 1960
This Nation needs that kind of leadership in 1961 from the next President of the United States.
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presidency.ucsb.eduThis Nation needs that kind of leadership in 1961 from the next President of the United States.
Speech of Senator John F. Kennedy, Armory, Springfield, IL
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