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JFK's "To whom much is given" speech
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy reportedly inculcated in her children the conviction that the privilege they were born into created an obligation to give back in equal measure. I thought of this when reading another thread today on DU, in which vylons lamented the manner in which Trump has wasted every opportunity to use his position and privilege to do good and has done quite the opposite.
At the link below, there is full text and audio from JFK's powerful and inspiring 1963 address at Vanderbilt in honor of the university's 90th anniversary.
https://americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfkvanderbiltconvocation.htm