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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Lincoln said 100 years ago, ‘The times are new and the perils are new. We must disentangle ourselves from the past.’”

On the recordOctober 13, 1960
Lincoln said 100 years ago, ‘The times are new and the perils are new. We must disentangle ourselves from the past.’
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Speech of Senator John F. Kennedy, Saginaw, MI, Fair Grounds

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