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The American presidency will demand more than ringing manifestos issued from the rear of the battle. It will demand that the President place himself in the very thick of the fight; that he care passionately about the fate of the people he leads ...

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

President

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