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Profiles in Courage
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In 1957, then-Senator John F Kennedy published Profiles in Courage. The book was a study of those Americans who bucked their party in the interests of creating a better nation. They put country before party. Kennedy went on to run for president, lose to Richard Nixon, and then teach American and world history at Harvard. I had the great privilege of studying under him at America's finest university. Now, nearly fifty years later, I document the stories of brave men and women who defied their political parties to shape a better nation.
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