“Today we need a nation of minute men; citizens who are not o…”

“Today we need a nation of minute men; citizens who are not only prepared to take up arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as a basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom.”

— John F. Kennedy

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Title: Wikiquote: John F. Kennedy
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“Message to Those Participating in Roosevelt Day Commemoration (29 January 1961)." Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers, "New Minute Men Urged by Kennedy," The New York Times(30 January 1961) pg. 13

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