John F. Kennedy:

We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

— John F. Kennedy Modern

US President, Cuban Missile Crisis

Context

Speech to the American Newspaper Publishers Association

Date / Period

1961

Source

https://www.jfklibrary.org/archives/other-resources/john-f-kennedy-speeches/amer…

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