“It's only when they join together in a forward movement that this country moves ahead…”

—  John F. Kennedy

"Remarks at Los Banos, CA at the Groundbreaking Ceremonies for the San Luis Dam (337)" (18 August 1962) http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Aids/Ready-Reference/JFK-Quotations.aspx
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35th president of the United States of America 1917–1963

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