Are we up to the task - are we equal to the challenge? Are we willing to match the Russian sacrifice of the present for the future - or must we sacrifice our future in order to enjoy the present? That is the question of the New Frontier. (John F. Kennedy)

Are we up to the task - are we equal to the challenge? Are we willing to match the Russian sacrifice of the present for the future - or must we sacrifice our future in order to enjoy the present? That is the question of the New Frontier.

John F. Kennedy

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