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On the recordNovember 5, 1960
If we fail here, if we drift, if we lie at anchor, if we don't provide an example of what freedom can do in the 1960's, then we have betrayed not only ourselves and our destiny, but all those who desire to be free and are not free.
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Joseph Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Street Rally, Waterbury, CT

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