Political Quotes

On the recordNovember 27, 1961
I have reached the decision that silver metal should gradually be withdrawn from our monetary reserves.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury Concerning Monetary Silver.

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