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We will not prematurely or unnecessarily risk the costs of a worldwide nuclear war in which even the fruits of victory would be ashes in our mouth - but neither shall we shrink from that risk any time it must be faced.

John F. Kennedy

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John F. Kennedy
Age: 46 †
Born: 1917
Born: May 29
Died: 1963
Died: November 22
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