John Fitzgerald Kennedy: "We choose to go to the Moon in this decade!"

[LongTomH]

So much of our discussion of John Fitzgerald Kennedy has centered around his death rather than his life and accomplishments. This was a time when a young president could lead us on to dream great dreams and do great things.

"The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were and ask "why not?"."

[zebonaut]

1. Finest leader ever; but just for contrast:

[LongTomH]

2. "Hyperion to a satyr" in Shakespeare's wonderful prose.

Of course, we know who the satyr is.

[midnight]

3. I loved this speech. An emphasis based on knowledge. Something that is being eroded.

College students charged greater rates to borrow money than corporations and banks.