John Fitzgerald Kennedy said "Lincoln said 100 years ago, ‘The times are new and the perils are new. We must disentangle ourselves from the past.’" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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

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