John Kennedy actually said...

The passage of the 23d Amendment by the Congress and its remarkably prompt ratification by the required number of States reaffirms the belief of the people of the entire Nation in the basic principle that government must be responsible to those governed.

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Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Transmitting Bill Implementing the 23d Amendment to...

05/15/1961

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