The "Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Effort", or better known informally as the "We choose to go to the moon" speech, was delivered by U.S. President John F. Kennedy to a large crowd gathered at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas on September 12, 1962.
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America should be a melting pot because with more and more ethnic entities, a lot of people have learned to be open minded, and have learned to respect and learn about other cultures. It also provides workers to boost the American economy. Illegal immigrants or not.
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