Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Quotables 29 May 2024: John F. Kennedy in 1947, speaking about the true, insidious nature of the Republican Party

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The frightening part is that the GOP was a comparatively more sane and responsible party in the 1940s than in these Trumpian times, but JFK had them pegged even then: ‘(Republicans) follow the Hitler line – no matter how big the lie, repeat it often enough and the masses will regard it as truth’. - John F. Kennedy, speaking at the Knights of Columbus, East Boston, MA, 18 May 1947.

Quote via https://www.jfklibrary.org/archives/other-resources/john-f-kennedy-speeches/east-boston-ma-19470518

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