Jun 27, 1963
What pleases me most about coming here is not only this connection which all of us in America feel with Ireland, even though time and generations may have separated us from this island, but also because I find here in Ireland those…
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States, serving from January 20, 1961, until his assassination on November 22, 1963. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in Massachusetts and is often remembered for his leadership during the Cuban Missile Crisis, which brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. Kennedy also established the Peace Corps, promoting international service and cooperation, and he advocated for civil rights, laying the groundwork for future legislation in this area.
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Jun 27, 1963
Most countries send out oil or iron, steel or gold or some other crop, but Ireland has had only one export and that is its people.
Jun 27, 1963
So Ireland is still old Ireland, but it has found a new mission in the 1960's, and that is to lead the free world to join with other countries of the free world to do in the sixties what Ireland did in the early part of this century.
Jun 26, 1963
There is an impression in Washington that there are no Kennedys left in Ireland, that they are all in Washington, so I wonder if there are any Kennedys in this audience.
Jun 26, 1963
Well, it is our home also in the winter, and I hope you will come and see us.
Jun 26, 1963
And I am proud to come here for another reason, because it makes me even prouder of my own country.
Jun 26, 1963
It is no coincidence that John Barry and a good many of his successors played such a leading part in the American struggle, not only for independence, but for its maintenance.
Jun 26, 1963
When my great grandfather left here to become a cooper in East Boston, he carried nothing with him except two things: a strong religious faith and a strong desire for liberty.
Jun 26, 1963
In Ireland I think you see something of what is so great about the United States.
Jun 26, 1963
I am glad to say that all of his great grandchildren have valued that inheritance.
Jun 25, 1963
I know of no town, no city, that has been besieged for 18 years that still lives with the vitality and the force, and the hope and the determination of the city of West Berlin.
Jun 25, 1963
In 18 years of peace and good faith, this generation of Germans has earned the right to be free, including the right to unite their families and their nation in lasting peace, with good will to all people.
Jun 25, 1963
And the American people and the American Government are going to respond.
Jun 25, 1963
The Negro citizens of my own country have strengthened their demand for equality and opportunity.
Jun 25, 1963
The scholar, the teacher, the intellectual, have a higher duty than any of the others, for society has trained you to think as well as do.
Jun 25, 1963
While the wall is the most obvious and vivid demonstration of the failures of the Communist system, for all the world to see, we take no satisfaction in it, for it is, as your Mayor has said, an offense not only against history but an…
Jun 25, 1963
Two thousand years ago the proudest boast was 'civis Romanus sum.' Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is 'Ich bin ein Berliner.'
Jun 25, 1963
With the special pride that I feel in my own country, which has been so generous to so many immigrants from so many different countries, I want to say that I am happy to be here tonight.
Jun 25, 1963
This process can only be helped by the growing unity of the West, and we must all work towards that unity, for in unity there is strength.
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