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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “The kind of society we build here, the kind of country we develop here, that is the test of our ability to lead around…”

On the recordOctober 23, 1960
The kind of society we build here, the kind of country we develop here, that is the test of our ability to lead around the world.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, University of Illinois Campus, Champaign-Urbana, IL

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