I left the attribution out on purpose, in keeping with my remark about setting aside bias and taking those words at face value. But props for looking them up.
Different time, different circumstances...the cold war was flirting with going hot, and almost did soon after Kennedy spoke those words, as those of us like you and me who were around back then would soon witness. And Kennedy was very good at speaking publicly and had great speech writers. Still, your point is a good one. And I can't imagine something as powerfully straight forward and clear as this along with "Ask not..." coming from the lips of any pol of any stripe since then, and especially now.
Speaking of Reagan... тАЬFreedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didnтАЩt pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our childrenтАЩs children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.тАЭ
Interesting that he spoke those words not long after Kennedy's death and long before he became President himself. But righteous words are righteous words, regardless of who speaks them or when. I just wish more people would take heed of them and recognize their value. And maybe even speak a few of them themselves.
Reagan: Ironic that in later decades he was one of the architects of our current decline. Not knowing it, of course. I suspect most of his actions were simply to reduce the taxes of people like him. I'm not sure if he'd end up as a Liz or as Romney/Collins/etc.
I had to look it up - said by a Democrat John F Kennedy. Anyone think an R since Reagan would say, let alone believe, that?
I left the attribution out on purpose, in keeping with my remark about setting aside bias and taking those words at face value. But props for looking them up.
Different time, different circumstances...the cold war was flirting with going hot, and almost did soon after Kennedy spoke those words, as those of us like you and me who were around back then would soon witness. And Kennedy was very good at speaking publicly and had great speech writers. Still, your point is a good one. And I can't imagine something as powerfully straight forward and clear as this along with "Ask not..." coming from the lips of any pol of any stripe since then, and especially now.
Speaking of Reagan... тАЬFreedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didnтАЩt pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our childrenтАЩs children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.тАЭ
Interesting that he spoke those words not long after Kennedy's death and long before he became President himself. But righteous words are righteous words, regardless of who speaks them or when. I just wish more people would take heed of them and recognize their value. And maybe even speak a few of them themselves.
Reagan: Ironic that in later decades he was one of the architects of our current decline. Not knowing it, of course. I suspect most of his actions were simply to reduce the taxes of people like him. I'm not sure if he'd end up as a Liz or as Romney/Collins/etc.
Hard to say. But he's gone. We're still here. And I hope it ends up being us and not the lawyers who ultimately determine where we all go next. :-)