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The first one thousand days. Autumn Nov 2013 #8
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Did he write that himself? blackspade Nov 2013 #27
Ted Sorensen WilliamPitt Nov 2013 #29
From WIki.. pkdu Nov 2013 #77
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SOS-Morse Code? saidsimplesimon Nov 2013 #47
thank you, saidsimplesimon roguevalley Nov 2013 #60
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So sadly prophetic - 1000 days. jwirr Nov 2013 #44
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Some statements are timeless..... Blus4u Nov 2013 #51
Well said and Welcome to DU! JNelson6563 Nov 2013 #58
Truly one of the great speeches in history! lastlib Nov 2013 #88
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Jack and Jackie Ryano42 Nov 2013 #59
Beautiful! nt TBF Nov 2013 #62
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It was an amazing speech filled with much wisdom. herding cats Nov 2013 #61
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>sigh< funny how some of us remembered and extrapolated that... Hekate Nov 2013 #89
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pkdu

(3,977 posts)
77. From WIki..
Fri Nov 22, 2013, 06:38 PM
Nov 2013


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President John F. Kennedy
The speech was crafted by Kennedy and his speech writer Ted Sorenson. Kennedy had Sorenson study President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address as well as other inaugural speeches.[9] Kennedy began collecting thoughts and ideas for his inauguration speech in late November 1960. He took suggestions from various friends, aides and counselors, including suggestions from clergymen for biblical quotations. Kennedy then made several drafts using his own thoughts and some of those suggestions.[10] Kennedy included in his speech several suggestions made by Harvard economist John Kenneth Galbraith and by the former Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson II. Kennedy's line "Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate." is nearly identical to Galbraith's suggestion "We shall never negotiate out of fear. But we shall never fear to negotiate." Stevenson's suggestion "if the free way of life doesn’t help the many poor of this world it will never save the few rich." was the basis for Kennedy's line "If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich."[11]

saidsimplesimon

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47. SOS-Morse Code?
Fri Nov 22, 2013, 01:02 PM
Nov 2013

roguevalley, sorry for being off topic, SOS reminds me of ABBA. The other reminder, a call for help in a state of emergency. President Obama has only 3 years left in office to heed our call. After that he joins the emeritus group of historically forgettable moderates.

Just in case "SOS" and ABBA are not part of your generation.




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roguevalley

(40,656 posts)
60. thank you, saidsimplesimon
Fri Nov 22, 2013, 02:56 PM
Nov 2013

I remember the day this happened like my mom remembered pearl harbor. i felt the world shift. hope died with JFK and it hasn't come back. all good wishes to you, saidsimplesimon. Hugs.

Blus4u

(608 posts)
51. Some statements are timeless.....
Fri Nov 22, 2013, 01:55 PM
Nov 2013

And this is certainly one of them.

In spite of the frustration espoused by many here at the lack of progress, we should heed these words to inspire us to continue to fight relentlessly for the ideals in which we believe so strongly.

Peace

lastlib

(23,216 posts)
88. Truly one of the great speeches in history!
Fri Nov 22, 2013, 10:47 PM
Nov 2013

. . . . . .

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for great President, and an all-too brief Presidency.

herding cats

(19,564 posts)
61. It was an amazing speech filled with much wisdom.
Fri Nov 22, 2013, 02:59 PM
Nov 2013

On days like today, when many in the country are reminiscing over the tragic and premature end to this great mans life, I can almost feel the passion behind him driving us on again.

He also said on that historic day, "Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us." Which often resonates with me on more levels than just political ones.

Hekate

(90,645 posts)
89. >sigh< funny how some of us remembered and extrapolated that...
Fri Nov 22, 2013, 11:40 PM
Nov 2013

... all the way down to the inauguration in 2009.... Nothing happens overnight....

I'm sorry JFK didn't have more time. He seemed to be just hitting his stride, but he still would have gone gray in office, the Dixiecrats would still have given him hell...

JFK might have been great, instead of just promising. I was 16 when he died, Will. I remember, and it has colored my outlook all my life (circle back to subject line)....

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