| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 32400 |
| QUOTATION: | To those people in the huts and villages of half the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required, not because the Communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917–1963), U.S. Democratic politician, president. Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961, Washington, DC. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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