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On the recordFebruary 27, 1963
Americans are free to disagree with the law but not to disobey it.
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Joseph Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Special Message to the Congress on Civil Rights

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Nov 12, 1963

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

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Nov 7, 1963

We are attempting, in cooperation with the State and the city, as Reverend Potter described, to carry out a pilot program here in the city of New York, but it is only a beginning, and there are hundreds of thousands without resources, and we have a responsibility to all of them.

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Nov 6, 1963

I hope private industry and labor will also realize that those who are handicapped frequently are more than compensated by their desire to be useful and to play a gainful role.

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