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John F. Kennedy: We shall be judged more by what we do at home than by what we preach abroad.

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We shall be judged more by what we do at home than by what we preach abroad.
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John F. Kennedy

Editor's note · Context

Kennedy asserts that the true measure of a nation is its actions at home rather than its foreign rhetoric.

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