On the record
Wherever nations are willing to help themselves, we stand ready to help them build new bulwarks of freedom.
Said by
John F. Kennedy
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gutenberg.orgJohn F. Kennedy: “Wherever nations are willing to help themselves, we stand ready to help them build new bulwarks of freedom.”
Editor's note · Context
Kennedy expresses the United States' readiness to assist nations that are willing to help themselves in their pursuit of freedom.
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