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On the recordNovember 13, 1963
I think that by the time this Congress goes home, in the sense of next summer, that in the fields of education, mental health, taxes, civil rights, this is going to be a record that is going to be--however dark it looks now, I think that 'westward, look, the land is bright,' and I think that by next summer it may be.
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Joseph Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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