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On the recordSeptember 8, 1960
This is a trying time in the life of our country, but I think in a very real sense if we do our job here, the future can belong to us.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Rear Platform Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Modesto, CA

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