We Have Fought This Battle Before

[Steely_Dan]

Acceptance of the New York Liberal Party Nomination
September 14, 1960

What do our opponents mean when they apply to us the label "Liberal?" If by "Liberal" they mean, as they want people to believe, someone who is soft in his policies abroad, who is against local government, and who is unconcerned with the taxpayer's dollar, then the record of this party and its members demonstrate that we are not that kind of "Liberal." But if by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people -- their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties -- someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal," then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal."

-JFK


More at:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/35_kennedy/psources/ps_nyliberal.html

I think that it would do us good to remind ourselves that we have fought this battle before. ..and won.

-Paige

[Erika]

1. Yep. Liberal vs W's corporatist global government.

We will win again. We just have a new brand of enemy now, led by W.

[sam sarrha]

2. they mean it in the cold war sense.. Socialist/ Communist/ Anti-American

'duck and cover' your ass with both hands

[Wordie]

3. Words to remember...thanks for this post. eom

[texpatriot2004]

4. A man of vision, a TRUE leader he was...JFK. Thanks for this. n/t

[fujiyama]

5. It's worth posting every so often

I see it every few months on DU and I feel just as inspired each time I read it.