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“Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans.... Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.... And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country!”
-- President John F. Kennedy, 1961 Inaugural Speech
You can feel some of the Cold War atmosphere, as well as a much more buoyant and optimistic America - America at its prime, at the height of the American century.
(Source: Robert Caro, "The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson")
-- President John F. Kennedy, 1961 Inaugural Speech
You can feel some of the Cold War atmosphere, as well as a much more buoyant and optimistic America - America at its prime, at the height of the American century.
(Source: Robert Caro, "The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson")
