John Fitzgerald Kennedy said "I consider this meeting and the house of labor vital to the interests of this country and the cause of freedom in the coming days." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordDecember 6, 1961

I consider this meeting and the house of labor vital to the interests of this country and the cause of freedom in the coming days.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Democratic · Massachusetts

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presidency.ucsb.edu

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Address in Miami at the Opening of the AFL-CIO Convention

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