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On the recordNovember 5, 1960
The Presidency and the President has many functions and many responsibilities, many given to him by the Constitution, and others suggested to him by the pressure of events.
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Joseph Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Railroad Station Plaza, Bridgeport, CT

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