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On the recordSeptember 7, 1960
The record of the Republican Party is written on the bills that never become law, on the things we failed to do.
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Joseph Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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

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I think that is a very good motto for some of the rest of us.

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