Remember when U.S. Presidents were actually intelligent, articulate and well-spoken, as well as compassionate to the American public and put the nation first before their own personal needs, and most importantly, were actually human?
President JFK is Infamously known for purposely not pushing civil rights during his Presidency due to his short victory in the election. JFK, putting his needs in front of minorities, thought that he would not gain re-election If he did pushed the unpopular idea of civil rights.
And having a moral code. And for anyone referencing his affairs, it’s not unusual for Presidents to be human. On the public issues of the day JFK had a pretty good moral compass.
Yes, I remember those days. We can return to those days. It's up to us to help make that happen. In these darkest of times I can't help but feel better times are ahead.
President Kennedy was a man of eloquence but lacked the gifts to make him a successful legislator like LBJ. He took way too long to even introduce the Civil Rights Act;much less even attempting to get it out of the House Rules Committee.
Republicans kept blocking his civil rights legislation. He began the work that LBJ passed. LBJ did challenge the House to continue what JFK proposed, & to pass his legislation. He just split it up in between 1964 & 1965's acts. JFK knew what needed to be done. It's a shame he never got the chance to.
Oh no Kevin's racist! Call the press. Well guess what this civil rights schtick pushed by this man created forced integration, and created a never ending assault on white america.
At the end he is really speaking from the heart when he says all of the American citizens that came here had a chance....he knows his history and I believe he is Irish they in particular had a rough time in the new world. I love this man
We are like Roman citizens in the year 350. Looking back at the time of Augustus & the 4 good emperors.... maybe our best times are behind us. 😞 Nothing lasts forever.
The times are actually very similar, especially regarding civil rights, race, and our foreign alliances vs our enemies. It's just that the leadership was so much better then.
The senseless taking of black lives still goes and still a form of slavery today.JFK, MLK, RFK and Malcolm X fought and bleed for this country for cilvil rights and human rights too.
Little did I know on this date in 1963, at such a young age that the president was actually asking all of us to work number 4 of the 12 steps when he states to look inside himself and ask himself if this is the way he would wish to be treated. When he states to stop and examine his conscience. Very, very spiritual stuff. I actually saw my relatives become hugely compassionate after watching him give this speech. I think everyone has good in them and I think this speech brought that good out. It needed to be said. Many feel this is why only five months later he was assassinated. No greater gift can a man give than to lay down his life for his friend.
ok Kevin Johnson. I am quite sure you are probably a hillbilly baptist. be proud of it because they have done so much for the U.S. Just look at history. It will tell us the truth. Rebel flags. How nice is that? Using blacks for slavery. Very nice. Fighting the Yankees to keep them for your own selfish needs. Very, very nice. Lost the war. Had to set them free. It is better for them now. No LGBT gets the brunt of Baptist anger and self hatred. Bye.
Not only do I think you are lying to me. I think you are in the synod which Lutheran friends of mine refer to as Missouri Cyanide. (Missouri Synod) Pretty much as mean spirited,anti Catholic, anti LGBT, anti Democratic Party. as a southern baptist. Why is it we only hear about one Lutheran in Germany who stood up to the Nazi's? Reverend Niemoller. We read that there were many, many Catholics who put their life on the line for Jews in Germany. Reverend Father Maxmillan Kolbe. took a shot of cyanide poison for a Jewish man who had a family. There were many other Catholics in Germany both nuns and priests who hid Jews from the their attackers. You remind me exactly of a German Lutheran in my Alanon group who attacks Catholics and loves to argue. Some leave the group because of it. Too much time spent on condoning the Reformation gets none of us anywhere. Christ wanted one church. Time spent on condoning everything Martin Luther said and did does not get the hungry fed, the naked clothes or shelter for the homeless. Jesus Christ does not want us to fight over sectarian differences. I am sure of that. Keep this in mind. When Jesus said to Peter. "Upon this rock, you shall build the church, I am completely, totally and wholly sure he did not split the rock in two. You cannot make it two rocks. He said, "upon this rock." Christ did not want a Protestant Church and a Catholic Church and you know that. You are the one feed the crap. He wanted one church. Martin Luther in the beginning did not want two church either. He wanted to straighten out the one founded by Christ and the apostles. You cannot disagree if you read about Luther. Misguided people influenced him and pushed him and after he started eating his own feces he really went mad. This is something I will never do in my life when I see what it did to poor Martin. You know the reason he did it? He was making a statement to the Pope that "this is how holy I am". " My shit is pure". Read Mr. "gotta show ya how Jesus picked Luther to fix everything." Just isn't so and you know it as well as I. What would Jesus do? Never eat his own shit. If he did, I would stop worshiping him. At the end of Luther's life, when he saw the bloodshed and all the turmoil he caused, he said he regretted what he did. Not don't you give me any more shit, because I'll not eat it. .
Yes I know Kevin. My health and your health would decline as well if we ate our own excrement. Research. You will find it. No reason for it as there was plenty of great food to eat in Germany. The poor guy was physically abused by both his parents. Nothing he did in his fathers eyes was good enough. When Martin's mother passed, she was wearing a Catholic medallion around her neck. She stayed Catholic. When Martin was doing his reform, his dad was finally proud of him because his dad had anger with the Catholic church just as many did and just as many do even now. I guess there just is now perfect church. As soon as Christ left, all kinds of negatives started coming in. You mention Jews being picked on by Joe Kennedy. You are right. He did not like them. The Polish priest (Max Kolbe) who died for the young Jewish man because he had a wife and kids did not like Jews either. He took the poison from the Nazi's because he felt it was the right thing to do. "No greater gift can a man give than to give up his life for his friend." One of the many good things Christ said. Now, imagine giving your life for another human being which you do not like. That is the stuff of saints. The is why John Paul2 put "saint" in front of his name. The guy who was saved from an early death by the good priest was there at his ceremony when John Paul put saint in front of his name. This is one of the very few times I have witnessed a Jew being grateful for something a a gentile did for them. This probably is part of the reason even a saint such as Kobe was had a hard time liking them. We all have our traits. Jews definitely have theirs. My ethnicity is more Irish than anything else. We tend to be sensitive. Seen it so many times. My mother and all her family were sensitive. Jews, well, I hate to say it but I don't feel bad or guilty in saying, Overbearing. Very brassy. Very pushy. Controlling. Manipulative some say. I guess you just don't get kicked out of over 100 countries for being a good citizen. Does that mean they should be exterminated? Of course not. They are who they are. We all are who we are. Even though Luther was a shit eater, I have read how he felt about Jews and I think he probably had good reason to feel that way. He wanted to do what Hitler did to them. He wanted to take their property and money. Back then, the thinking was they had to be converted to Christianity. I don't know what Lutherans teach on this matter at present but the Catholic teaching is to leave them alone and do not force any Christian conversion on them. Let them be. I like that teaching. I like it because of the 12 step teaching of "live and let live." If I keep working on my life, my Christian beliefs of love and respect to all, that seems to me to be a much healthier recipe for living this life that pushing my beliefs on another. You actually will get an inner peace by living this way I have found. And when people spend lots of time pushing their beliefs on me, in effect, portraying Martin Luther as a big hero, I find another group of people to hang out with. He was a very good human being who woke up the church and shortly after he died, they did much reform for the better. We sing his hymn, A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, in the Catholic church so I am pretty sure it is a strong belief he had an awful lot of good in him. He invented the catechism which the Catholic church still uses today to teach the kids about the life of Christ. My niece and nephew both have one. Now really. We should not be fighting over sectarian differences. We all believe in the same Jesus. We all celebrated Christmas and Easter together. We are all taught to love one another. To be kind to each other. When we die and our souls leave our body, we are going to find out there is no Protestant heaven or no Catholic heaven. We will all be together as one. From what I am taught from Martin Luther's catechism, one day that will happen here on earth as well. It will all come together as one. No more wars or fighting about schisms because all the schisms will be gone. Quote from JFK in his 1961 inaugural address. "Not a new balance of power but a new world of law where the strong are just and the weak secure and the peace preserved." Now a quote from Reverend Niemoller whom the Nazi's tortured and persecuted because he changed his mind about killing Jews. He was a Lutheran minister in Germany. "When they came for the Jews, I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew and when they came for the Catholics I didn't speak up because I was a Catholic. When they came for the Protestants I did not speak up because I wasn't one of them. Then they came for me but there was no one left to speak up." We are all in this life together. We very recently saw a bishop by the name of Robert Lynch speak up for the LGBT community because of the mass shootings in Orlando, Florida. He said it was really horrible. He condemned it totally. He even admitted his own church was not very nice to gay people for not blessing their marriages. That huge fourth step stuff. I respect him for it and I think that is how God wants us to be. Since I am supposed to love my neighbor as myself, I wish you well Kevin Johnson. I wish you no ill at all. My mother and dad had many Lutheran friends during their lifetime in the VFW. They were mostly Scandinavian Lutherans but they were such good friends to my parents. I really don't think they would have had such a wonderful friendship had they sat around and talked about why Martin Luther had his issues with the Catholic church. I think it is as John F. Kennedy said, "Let us explore the things that unite us, rather than the things which divide us." "We all are human beings. We all inhabit the same planet. We all breathe the same air." I will leave you with that. Have a very great day. God bless. Pardon my typos.
I tried to be kind sir. Just know this when we hate something as much as you hate Catholicism, it really is not about the thing you are hating. It is way more about you. Jealousy probably. I have a good friend who really made something of herself in this life. Highly educated. She was raised in the Missouri Synod of the Lutheran church. She told us it was all about self loathing. The best you could become is a worm.She broke from it just as Luther broke from Catholicism. She has a wonderful life as a result of leaving it. She has a beautiful and loving partner in a gay marriage. Many of her Missouri Synod Lutheran relatives are meaner than catshit to her and her wife. She doesn't let it ruin her life or her partners life because she does so much good every day of her life. So don't you tell me how much better they are to gays because I know better than that. I'll not buy it. You are lying and you know it. The MS Lutherans in my township are sleeping with fundamentalist evangelical so called Christians who do nothing but condemn gays and lesbians, the Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton and on and on. Martin Luther said, don't lie. Why are you lying? The more liberal synod of the church is doing many good and kind things. The biggest one they are not dong is judging people so they can feel superior. I have heard it many times first hand from my lesbian friend. She is a very good soul who does nothing but good things but when she is with some of her relatives, they are not at all nice to her even though she has been so nice to them. That is not holy. That is not Christlike. It is not kind. A soul when it leaves here for its resting place may not get to rest because of that kind of hatred. Can't say I feel any compassion for a soul that hates like that. I think that is how your soul is. Probably, you will be asked when you end up in front of Christ, Kevin, why did you hate my church and the people in it so much. It is too late now Kevin. You are gonna have to think about that for a long time before I decide if you should be given any breaks. You are a hurting guy, a really messed up guy. Just glad it is not my soul. Gosh, you need prayers. Lots of them. By the way, any guy who uses the filthy word, "pussy" pretty much says it all when it comes to your character. That word is very offensive to many people. Seems to me a good Lutheran would know better than that. Were you raised in a barn? Use that word to your minister and see how he will react if he is a good and clean man. You've really got some huge issues of hatred and low life character. I will definitely pray for ya. Have a great day but get some help from a professional.
Strongly disagree with you when you say "progressive." A progressive minister would NEVER teach the congregation to hate the Catholic Church. The only ones I have met who have an aversion to Catholicism are the MS Lutherans. However, you have now taught me there is more than just the MS which has hatred for Catholicism. I know for sure those Lutherans my mother and dad had for friends in the VFW and world war 2 brothers and sisters were from the LCA. Try to love more. You'll feel better and God will smile on you. Let us end this here.
I am from India. And I mourn for the loss of this great Human who had a Vision for a great Nation! What a progressive Nation USA could have become if he lived and his brother had lived!
I was 7 years old and living in Canada when he was shot. Somehow I has a feeling that the world changed that day. When Bobby was killed I had a dream the night before that he was shot while campaigning. The next morning when I woke up, my mother told that Bobby had been shot. So tragic what our leaders say and do today.
JFK did not represent liberal or conservative values, he represented American values. The USA is supposed represent equality for all its citizens and what he said in this message was true. How we went from this man to the likes of Trump is beyond me. I may not have been alive in his time, but the messages he spoke should resonate with all Americans. R.I.P JFK you were the last good president of the USA.
Great comment Trumpbag became president because of Evangelicals and the corrupt electoral college system. Remember Trumpbag won the election after losing the popular vote by almost 3 million.
JFK passed this with the overwhelming majority votes of both the liberal Democrats and liberal Republicans. The conservative extremists on both sides in the Senate filibustered against the CRA. Southern Democrats and one Southern Republican voted against it. They formed the new "conservative" GOP today. They were led by the Republican party leader Barry Goldwater. He started a civil war within the Republican party kicking out all the moderate and liberals. He changed the ideology of Abraham Lincoln and the Republican party that he started. There will be a movie out shortly that will give alternative facts and it will be comparing Trump to Lincoln. Its title isn't even worth mentioning. It will be in theatres in August 2018.. Just like Nazi propaganda films were shown in theatres, thats what this film will acomplish. It's designed to twist the facts. History cannot be rewritten and facts speak for themselves. Its all Hogwash. Here is a video from 1964 by Rockefeller stating the Republican party must repudiate extremists. t.co/292BtVZi87?amp=1
I can't help but to be moved to tears whenever I listen to JKF, he was the only man apart from MLK who could look at racism in the eye and told it off when it was not fashionable to do so, JKF had to die so that we can live, we owe you a lot Mr President
I think for this, he was targeted just like Lincoln was murdered in 1865. He was murdered 3 months later in Dallas, TX. How dare you speak to uphold the rights of people of African descent? What satisfaction do you get from denying others their Civil Rights? We fought a king & his dominions for the same exact reason. JFK was a sincere man, just like Lincoln. Just like Lincoln, he was murdered for daring to speak for equal rights, rights clearly stated in the Declaration of Independence.
He didn't ask me to drink bleach. He didn't tell 20,000 lies, he didn't call people names and insult them. He was able to speak coherently without bumbling his words. He didn't tell us how great he is. He didn't commit treason.
Biden is a corrupt politician regardless of your opinion of Trump . Biden is playing with WW3- Trump got elected because the Clinton's were profiting in the millions from their public office . That's called Corruption . JFK like Trump never took a salary as President . Something NPR or PBS will never share . They are only good for Nature programs or Masterpiece theatre . 2024 will see the Dems lose power JFK was killed because he was against war and wanted out of Vietnam . It went on 12 more years and created a disaster after his untimely murder. The deep state is real . Biden isn't negotiating with Putin to end the Ukranian war ? They are happy to let it last 10 or more years and completely destroy Ukraine Biden is no JFK and the Democrats in particular are lawless by allowing illegal immigration and doing nothing about it to the rise in crime on their watch by being anti law enforcement . The Democratic Party is unrecognizable from 1963 !
Crazy how way back in 1963 this man spoke the very words so many Americans want to hear but they have a lousy and lowly man sitting at office. Sending much love to my american neighbors, from Canada.
King worked for the communist Zionists to try to calm the blacks , so that the whites can continue to pursue and kill blacks and Indians. Malcolm X was the real black representative as he was letting them know not to stand helplessly by to wait for a hang rope , KKK , dogs or any other injustice to come take their lives King later became self-conscious to what he was doing to his own people that he regret the very next day for giving the I have a dream speech. That is why the FBI start to monitor him , he no longer wanted to be their puppet. He even later embraced Malcolm X for standing up against oppression.
It's been pointed out before but it's worth repeating how Kennedy went "off-road," so to speak, in the last couple of minutes, seemingly leaving behind his prepared words as he folded his hands and summarized his points as if speaking to everyone in their own living rooms.
Talk about the measure of a man. I remember watching this. He was my hero and always will be. America has lowered its standards to something unimaginable now that Trump holds office.
The US was such a different place in 1963. One would think after this speech JFK's popularity would go up, but, in fact, his 75% Gallup approval number plunged to the mid-50s. This was mostly due to the heavily Democratic south, who resented the President's interjection into Southern affairs. The South had been Democratic since the Civil War and was the actual base of the party, socialist in economics (the New Deal and other government programs), but reactionary in social policy (Civil Rights). Kennedy squeaked by in the 1960, and the potential of losing Southern states in 1964 was a major concern, which is why he was muted in his response to the Civil Rights movement until this speech. It was RFK who advised his brother that the author of "Profiles in Courage" could not continue a timid course while the South was locked in turmoil and violence. It was from this point that JFK took his bold stance on the Civil Rights issue, then passed the ball to LBJ, who enacted the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. His slumping poll numbers was also a major reason JFK went to Texas in November; to assuage that Southern base that he was still a team member.
Ant Dilla You sir seem to have the facts twisted as is your head, Martin Luther King Jr. was just as much a hero as JFK, for he took to the streets with his people, with his supporters, dedicated to see a future of equality, he did what he needed, he lead his people into danger, yes, but it's only from him and his followers braving such danger that we are able to see us as a society getting closer and closer to true equality; Martin Luther King Jr. was not just a speech giver, not just a voice, he marched with his people, not behind them, to obtain freedom one must fight for it, that is the only way it can be truly be seen, freedom handed down on pity is not true freedom, the brave souls who put their lives on the line truly demonstrated that FACT that blacks are just as much people as whites are, he did not give up, and he always kept fighting, and because of his inspiration, the people fought for his rights as they do today, long after his and JFK's deaths, for they both live on as long as the people seek and fight for their right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. So how about next time you take a deeper and harder look at our history and accomplishments BEFORE you throw baseless slander at one of the greatest heroes this nation ever harbored
Bobby and Teddy did more for civil rights and equality than Jack ever did; I don’t think it was high on his list of priorities. Most of his response during his presidency came from Bobby pushing to help and say something about it. Jack still did a lot for this country though...
Dear sir I'm from Ireland I'm proud of my Irish family ... Kennedy is a common name in my country .. wish peace to each and everyone I'm white Irishman I want all Irish to come back home ..I want to you to know American is unkind ATM
Mary Arceneaux Except Johnson and Reagan. Johnson was involved in JFK’s Assassination alongside the elitist scum and Reagan inflamed conflict in Nicaragua and in Iran.
Even though I'm a Filipino, I salute these 3 men of Civil Rights Movement. President John F. Kennedy, Robert "Bobby" Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr the men of the civil rights and peace movements.
This man will always be my President. I have always endeavoured to live my life with the Kennedys legacy always in mind. A brilliant man and excellent 1st class President.
To simply bare witness to the admiration you all have for such a great man stirs me. I have few words at my disposal to describe the absence of virtue in a leader - what it feels like to follow that void. Whether speaking of my Prime Minister or even my own father. 'Despair' comes closest. Though, I express this sentiment exhaling despair and inhaling hope. Having seen the qualities 2020 Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang possess, I'm reminded of the why behind honesty, integrity, humility and duty. "Because it just feels right" was my answer for upholding these traits within myself (trying to, at least) for so long. But now I remember... "because it makes others better".
But, why did he give this speech. What’s the message behind it. Please elaborate ol’ fella. What does it mean to be “equal” regardless of what your accomplishments are..?
In those days this was fighting talk. I wonder if this speech got him killed. He was too civilised for the US of the 1960s and probably would be too advanced for the current US. Perhaps in a hundred years time his vision will be understood.
You said it all: he was well ahead of his time, not only on the issue of civil rights. He also threatened the industrial military establishment by wanting to end the Vietnam engagement (already a full war by 1960, never mind Eisenhower's deceitful terminology of "servicemen" -- 16000 of them!). He was also moving against organised crime: Chicago prostitution rings and other mafia gangs. He gave a speech early November 1963 against secret organisations of all kinds. Really too much that the power that was could swallow ... There was of course LBJ in the midst of all this with all the files swirling around his head which at best would have cost him (LBJ) his VP ticket in 1964, or at worse many years in federal jail. Add to that mix JFK's firing CIA director Allan Dulles over the Bay of Pigs incident. That's a cocktail too deadly to survive for any man.
***** Reread my earlier comment. His civil rights / anti-racism program was on itself a very tall order, but was just an item on his vigorous agenda (and my list wasn't even exhaustive). Too many people had a huge interest in having him "extinguished", no speculation about that. JFK was a prophet of rare stock.
+kevin johnson "Dr. King was a Billy Graham trooper", and "....to use Kennedy's Catholicism and neglect for Civil Rights to exterminate the Catholic church and thus bring about the second coming". Now where did you get that from? You sound like a crackpot. How was King supposed to "exterminate" the Catholic church? What's wrong with you? You know that's a lie. You're sitting at your computer conflating information and making up other shit. That's why nobody can find the logic in your comments, because there isn't any .
kevin johnson Stop that posturing shit like you know what you're talking about. Even another commenter on this channel can see your utter stupidity. You are just making up things you really don't know about. Its clear you can't answer my questions intelligently. Why don't you try reading what King said himself in his own books and speeches. Its called a primary source (Or haven't you heard?). I have read everything Martin Luther King wrote, and I've never read that he was a follower of Billy Graham...stop lying. You're trying to push the idea that the man couldn't establish his own principles and reasoning so he had to look to a white man. Anybody who seriously study Dr. King knows that's a stupid assumption. What do you white supremacists read? You get some fucked up information. You're the one that seems retarded. How about reading something in this universe, huh? Also, that fact that Martin Luther King's birth name was MIchael was never a secret. He changed his name, so what? What does that have to do with anything? You think you pointed something out profound? Look, I don't lose any sleep that you seem very hateful, but if you're going to criticize blacks at least do it truthfully. At least read what the people that you are criticizing have said, and not some stupid revisionist shit you seem to be repeating over and over. You laugh, but you're getting your ass kicked, so it doesn't matter...you're losing this discussion. You must really hate black people for being black. But that's why time for people like you is short. Don't forget that.
kevin johnson Ha ha ha ha ha ha. Billy Graham, Martin Luther Kings hero....ha ha ha NOW THAT IS FUNNY. Hell, if that were true then ol' Billy needed to get his ass out on the front line where Martin was.
JFK was head and shoulders above any President since. Why are you such a piece of shit troll KJ? Even your Boy Reagan was a helluva lot better than the Bushes,but garbage compared to JFK. College Tuition started going through the roof under Reagan's tenure, and spiraling health costs and inflation and war on unions and Government Workers.
WHEN PRESIDENTS WERE STATESMEN... Can you imagine the current occupant of the White House giving a speech like this? Kennedy is appealing to our better angels to move beyond racism. It is a bone fide humanitarian appeal to encourage the country to embrace its most cherished ideals. Kennedy KNEW he would lose the South in '64 by giving this speech but he gave it anyway because it was the right thing to do. (The South had always gone solid Democratic because they hated the Republican Party of Lincoln. But in '64, the 5 deep South states did indeed flip and go Republican). In this speech our president was inspiring us to a higher ethical standard. To me, that is a great president.
Compare and contrast this speech to the "---hole" comment by the current occupant of the White House. Charles Darwin was wrong; we are not progressing; we are regressing.
Paul Rolf President Obama is as eloquent and charismatic and was born during the Kennedy Administration, the current occupant is NOT. That’s why JFK daughter endorsed Obama, but never endorsed Trump! 🇺🇸 😉💯
With respect and no ill will. This was not why the south flipped. LBJ pushing and threatening and going around the Dixiecrats to get JFK (mostly Bobby but JFK took the lead as well) civil rights act out of the committee it was dying in and thru house and senate that cause the flip. Had to do with LBJ allowing MLK at DNC convention and not bowing to the Dixiecrats that were actively trying to kill the act that caused the flip. JFK was a great man and president faults and all. And LBJ honored his memory with Civil Rights becoming law. Both will be forever be enshrined in history alongside MLK. This and acts and Americans like these are the America I grew up idolizing and who wanted to defend when signed up and went to the sandbox. It’s the America that was only in my head and not the America in reality. I hope this country comes back to what it stood for or what i convinced myself back then it represented.
@kevin johnson First of all, the wiretappings were solely on account of Bobby's actions, not John's. Secondly, they were wiretapping MLK, his supporters, and interrogating people because _there were suspected communists, and spies midst their movement._ The issue was brought up with Martin Luther, and he authorized a lot of those actions. The context is just as important as what happened, I suggest you include it, instead of trying to cherrypick information against respectable men.
@kevin johnson Robert F Kennedy signed an agreement for limited wiretapping for around a month or so, however the FBI director, Hoover, extended it without permission. There were no direct relations on these actions with the president, so I don't know what you're talking about. Saying something like he "gave his blessing for it" is so unbelievably vague I don't understand why you even think that's an argument. The actions of Hoover and Kennedy in the months following the initiation of the investigation, which is also where the controversy starts, is completely unrelated to John F Kennedy and that is a fact. There were suspected communists midst their ranks, and I will repeat, MLK was told about these communist, and agreed to ask them to leave the movement. There was a disagreement about Levison, but that does not prove in any way that this was racially charged on Kennedy's part. Edgar J Hoover, the FBI director was the racist one, repeatedly expressing a baseless dislike for MLK, but Kennedy had to go along with it because the communist threat was still something to take seriously. You failed to address my original point, which was that they Bobby wiretapped and interrogated MLK on non-racial bounds, which were true. It's pretty obvious Hoover was racist, but that does not prove definitely that Bobby agreed with his motives. You're failing to see everything else the Kennedy brothers have done for civil rights. RFK and JFK passed countless pieces of legislation, ranging from court enforcements that allowed black students to go to universities, to attending rallies, to passing legislature on the desegregation of ghettos and public properties. During the riots and burning of the First Baptist Church, RFK personally ordered the National Guard to put down the lynch mob, and MLK publicly said that these actions had very likely saved his life. Yet you claim, despite overwhelming evidence on the contrary, that they were both somehow racists with an agenda, while using exactly one cherry-picked out of context situation as evidence. And here's some sources if you don't believe me: 1. web.archive.org/web/20170527035139/kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_kennedy_robert_francis_19251968/ 2. www.google.com/amp/s/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/302537/ 3. www.notablebiographies.com/Jo-Ki/Kennedy-Robert.html I would like you to note the reluctancy of RFK to follow through on the investigation of MLK, the fact that these events were wholly unrelated to John F Kennedy, and that these actions are not substantial enough to undermine their dedication to civil rights as a whole. I will say it again, context is important. The complete story is important. These are respectable people, they don't need cynical, paranoid people like you stepping on their legacy with out of context bullshit that's designed to make them look bad.
My theory is the (currently 5) dislikes are from people who were so moved to tears by the speech, that they couldn't see well and mis-clicked the downvote instead of the upvote.
One of the greatest speeches in modern times. He used the Golden Rule (who would be willing to change places with Negros and be patient with 100 years of delay?), said this is a national problem (didn't just blame the South). Said it was everyone's responsibility to make this work (Law alone cannot make men see right) and demonstrated his responsibility by sending a bill to Congress. It did take him a while to jump into the Civil Rights movement with both feet, but this speech and his brutal death helped LBJ pass the bill a year later.
I love JFK. He was a man of great character. He was not perfect man, but he did a good job against impossible odds. His eloquence is unparallelled ..."But law alone cannot make man see right." So true. My heart aches every day, knowing that his life was cut short... he was a good man, who wanted justice for all people, and though he was not a perfect man, he knew injustice when he saw it, and sought to correct it. He is a great American.
When he was no longer reading from prepared notes and spoke directly to the camera. That's Kennedy at his finest: articulate, burning with zeal and conviction, intelligent because he went straight at it off script without fumbling for words.
What a great man he was. I remember going to look for work with my father, who was an Irishman, in the days where all around were notices stating, blacks and Irish need not apply! This was in England, I was about five. No wonder my Dad cried bitterly when the president was killed.
"Don't let it be forgotten, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment that was known as Camelot."...There'll never be another Camelot again..."
Reflect on what??? Everything JKF said was a problem has already been corrected. Anyone can go to school anywhere. Anyone can register to vote anywhere. No stores are segregated. And you can thank the Clinton/Obama/Biden/Bush NWO regime for the lack of equal protection under the law. They might as well have kept the Southern prison lease system running, since their policies kept the jails full of disproportionate numbers of innocent people mixed in among the criminals.
@@ottohesslein3230 Also. Why do amoured police only show up when its a BLM rally but when white people riot (with guns) and storm the capitol (with guns) because of the lockdown measures, the police are unarmoured and respectful. Where is the police violence then? When people in the middle of a global pandemic are standing inches away from police officers while yelling them in the face, risking these officers lives. Where is the use of force then?
Remarkable- by a forward- thinking man/President who understood the times he lived in and looked ahead by looking within. Love it! Thank you JFK! Peace brother!
Why am I watching videos of former presidents to comfort me during this time. The current one is incapable of doing his job. A stain on American history.
I wish we can get a president like this again because he is one of the best presidents in US history and we could finally get this nation back on track
Arguably the greatest presidential address to the nation since the advent of television. I was 15 years old when he became president and in retrospect there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that this speech cost JFK' his life. Dallas Texas was part of the Evangelical's brand of vicious and ruthless racial hatred to include a history of lynchings. JFK was assassinated five months after he gave this speech. As a result the traditionally Democratic deep South switched to the Republican Party. It is tragically ironic that a president demonstrates inspirational courage and pays for it with his life and look at what we have now, Trump.
Our three universal civil right are simple.. 1 - the right to be perfectly healthy 2- the right to be prosperous & 3- the right to free speech and perfect self expression The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is complicated..and legal. Universal rights are universal..no arguments necessary..no drama..no violence David the Indian Www.kryon.com
It seems the conservative right has used the Evangelical brand of Christianity to accomplish its' nefarious goals....play on people's fears & use a pseudo-faith veneer of religion.
Priscilla Wear Jackie Kennedy was also aware of her husband's affair with White House Staff member Priscilla Wear. According to Kennedy press aide Barbara Gamarekian, Jackie stated, “This is the girl that’s sleeping with my husband” while speaking in French to a Paris-Match reporter. The White House secretary was nicknamed “Fiddle," which she was referred to as when her alleged affair is discussed. Speculation of her involvement with JFK has been widely circulated in biographies by the likes of Larry Sabato and Seymour Hersh.
I'm not American but one things for sure hands down he is the best president along side Abraham till now he is the only one who has the guts to speak the truth. How did Trump get elected I don't understand how you go from guys like this to Trump 🤔
Absolutely. Those final lines weren't part of th prepared speech and came straight from his heart. And his voice was clearly shaking as he made those statements. Can't think of any other politician as authentic as JFK.
Ironic that this was given 100 YEARS after the Civil War had ended. This is a moral issue as old as the Scriptures and as clear as the Constitution. Brilliant words.
Super Rabbit Donald Trump is a lot like JFK. HE'S GOT THE SAME BACKBONE NO ONE CALLED JFK A WARMONGER WHEN HE TOLD RUSSIA TO GET THE MISSILES OUT OF CUBA. TRUMP WANTS TO DO THE SAME WITH N. KOREA
Trump is your second people elected President. Kennedy was the first ever. Trump is a real man so he doesn't go by scripts, it is better to know a real and honest man than to listen to scripted empty words. that feeds you nothing but lies
This and his Peace Speech are 2 of the (if not the) most effective, game changing and poetic speeches ever. My friends and I were awed at how he explained the issues so that whites could begin to understand the position of blacks...On so many levels, this is an unbelievable show of courage and leadership, and may have contributed to his murder.
I largely agree, except no, it didn't contribute to his murder. He wasn't killed for civil rights. That's a myth. He was killed by a left-wing fanatic, not a right-wing fanatic. Or, if you prefer some conspiracy theory, for pissing off the mob... but not for civil rights. Jackie even lamented that he was killed by some nut job rather than dying a martyr.
He was killed by right wing forces - not a left wing fanatic. LHO was a patsy. The real killers were working for the MIC and the CIA and were right wing! Jackie made her "silly communist" comment for public consumption, but in reality both Jackie AND Robert Kennedy believed JFK was assassinated by a right wing domestic conspiracy. Years later author and historian, Tim Naftali, discovered that behind JFK and the incoming administration's back, they even had a letter smuggled into Russia right after the assassination stating that to the Russians in order to help prevent a nuclear war. They believed Oswald's communist actions were subterfuge. The carrier of the smuggled letter was JFK and Jackie's little known, but closest, most trusted war journalist/artist friend, William "Bill" Walton. (He also was instrumental with the funeral design and arraignments - see his wiki page. He had quite an interesting life.) jfkfacts.org/assassination/crowd-sourcing-jackie-on-jfks-death/
I agree that racism was an element in his death. It is an element whether you believe it was a right wing conspiracy or a single lone gunman/ If a right wing conspiracy, people involved in the conspiracy, known to have associated with Oswald, were connected with racist people (Guy Banister and the owner of the building in New Orleans where Oswald produced his leaflets). Such association is know from testimony at the House Select Committee on Assassinations, which was kept confidential until 1994. If a single lone gunman, the CIA and FBI had advance knowledge of Oswald and gave no warning and did not have his file flagged -- and we know how Hoover and some folks in the FBI -- and some folks in law enforcement in general felt about civil rights. So yes racism was a element. And I might add that last year at the time of the anniversary, Andrew Young, former UN Ambassador and former aide to Martin Luther King, said he believed that there was a racist factor in JFK's death. And regarding the quote from Jacqueline Kennedy. She makes one statement and that is her entire view in the matter over the years. People change their minds from day to day. We don't know what she thought. But we do know that she and Bobby sent an emissary to the Soviet Union in December of 1964, and he delivered a message to them that they (Bobby and Jackie) believe that JFK was killed as the result of a right wing conspiracy.
I think that you are right of all the comments across TH-cam I've read on his different speeches I choose to comment on this 1 because in your words few and short you have summed it all up
Remember when U.S. Presidents were actually intelligent, articulate and well-spoken, as well as compassionate to the American public and put the nation first before their own personal needs, and most importantly, were actually human?
President JFK is Infamously known for purposely not pushing civil rights during his Presidency due to his short victory in the election. JFK, putting his needs in front of minorities, thought that he would not gain re-election If he did pushed the unpopular idea of civil rights.
And having a moral code. And for anyone referencing his affairs, it’s not unusual for Presidents to be human. On the public issues of the day JFK had a pretty good moral compass.
Yes, I remember those days. We can return to those days. It's up to us to help make that happen. In these darkest of times I can't help but feel better times are ahead.
Amen.
I do, indeed!
It's time for JFK to get the long overdue credit for arguing for what became the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
No doubt. He deserves as much credit as LBJ. This speech was the first of its kind up to that point.
@@sergiogarcia5593 sad he never got to see man walk on moon, the end of the cold war, and passing of civil rights act
He actually gave credit to the freedom riders in the speech. Around 11:00.
President Kennedy was a man of eloquence but lacked the gifts to make him a successful legislator like LBJ. He took way too long to even introduce the Civil Rights Act;much less even attempting to get it out of the House Rules Committee.
Republicans kept blocking his civil rights legislation. He began the work that LBJ passed. LBJ did challenge the House to continue what JFK proposed, & to pass his legislation. He just split it up in between 1964 & 1965's acts. JFK knew what needed to be done. It's a shame he never got the chance to.
Remember when U.S. Presidents had class?
Remember when governmental office wasn’t a circus??
Remember when Democrats and Republicans put the people before its politics?
And intelligence? And compassion?
This was the last president that ACTED on a touchy issue .
To be fair, only a few US Presidents have had class. Most of them were openly racist, just saying.
Thank you for sharing this historic speech. JFK was a "man for his country."
And for the world!
if he did not die that day not just US the whole world would have been in a better state.
kevin johnson you are the Fake Historian... one item of fact wrapped in five lies.
navanit kamble kevins just racist yall
My deepest regret is that TH-cam won't let us block people so we don't have to read their tinfoil comments.
Oh no Kevin's racist! Call the press. Well guess what this civil rights schtick pushed by this man created forced integration, and created a never ending assault on white america.
@@Leo-vr3bg White America is fine buddy. Calm yourself. Don't go shooting up a school or whatever it is you crazies do.
At the end he is really speaking from the heart when he says all of the American citizens that came here had a chance....he knows his history and I believe he is Irish they in particular had a rough time in the new world. I love this man
What a difference between those times and these times. JFK represented the Best of America, something we should expect and demand of all our leaders.
Very well said.
We are like Roman citizens in the year 350. Looking back at the time of Augustus & the 4 good emperors.... maybe our best times are behind us. 😞
Nothing lasts forever.
The times are actually very similar, especially regarding civil rights, race, and our foreign alliances vs our enemies. It's just that the leadership was so much better then.
Donald trump
Do you think this is the time that Donald Trump was referring to when he said "make America great again"?
With George Floyd 's senseless murder, I had to revisit this speech today on the occasion of your 103rd birthday. Happy birthday Mr President.
Well said ☘️💚👏🇨🇮
The senseless taking of black lives still goes and still a form of slavery today.JFK, MLK, RFK and Malcolm X fought and bleed for this country for cilvil rights and human rights too.
I had the same reason for coming to hear this speech again Tara !!!
@@allenfreeland6494 well said
I'm watching it 5 days before it became televised 43 years ago. I'll be Damned for this to be repeated in todays politics.
Little did I know on this date in 1963, at such a young age that the president was actually asking all of us to work number 4 of the 12 steps when he states to look inside himself and ask himself if this is the way he would wish to be treated. When he states to stop and examine his conscience. Very, very spiritual stuff. I actually saw my relatives become hugely compassionate after watching him give this speech. I think everyone has good in them and I think this speech brought that good out. It needed to be said. Many feel this is why only five months later he was assassinated. No greater gift can a man give than to lay down his life for his friend.
ok Kevin Johnson. I am quite sure you are probably a hillbilly baptist. be proud of it because they have done so much for the U.S. Just look at history. It will tell us the truth. Rebel flags. How nice is that? Using blacks for slavery. Very nice. Fighting the Yankees to keep them for your own selfish needs. Very, very nice. Lost the war. Had to set them free. It is better for them now. No LGBT gets the brunt of Baptist anger and self hatred. Bye.
Not only do I think you are lying to me. I think you are in the synod which Lutheran friends of mine refer to as Missouri Cyanide. (Missouri Synod) Pretty much as mean spirited,anti Catholic, anti LGBT, anti Democratic Party. as a southern baptist. Why is it we only hear about one Lutheran in Germany who stood up to the Nazi's? Reverend Niemoller. We read that there were many, many Catholics who put their life on the line for Jews in Germany. Reverend Father Maxmillan Kolbe. took a shot of cyanide poison for a Jewish man who had a family. There were many other Catholics in Germany both nuns and priests who hid Jews from the their attackers. You remind me exactly of a German Lutheran in my Alanon group who attacks Catholics and loves to argue. Some leave the group because of it. Too much time spent on condoning the Reformation gets none of us anywhere. Christ wanted one church. Time spent on condoning everything Martin Luther said and did does not get the hungry fed, the naked clothes or shelter for the homeless. Jesus Christ does not want us to fight over sectarian differences. I am sure of that. Keep this in mind. When Jesus said to Peter. "Upon this rock, you shall build the church, I am completely, totally and wholly sure he did not split the rock in two. You cannot make it two rocks. He said, "upon this rock." Christ did not want a Protestant Church and a Catholic Church and you know that. You are the one feed the crap. He wanted one church. Martin Luther in the beginning did not want two church either. He wanted to straighten out the one founded by Christ and the apostles. You cannot disagree if you read about Luther. Misguided people influenced him and pushed him and after he started eating his own feces he really went mad. This is something I will never do in my life when I see what it did to poor Martin. You know the reason he did it? He was making a statement to the Pope that "this is how holy I am". " My shit is pure". Read Mr. "gotta show ya how Jesus picked Luther to fix everything." Just isn't so and you know it as well as I. What would Jesus do? Never eat his own shit. If he did, I would stop worshiping him. At the end of Luther's life, when he saw the bloodshed and all the turmoil he caused, he said he regretted what he did. Not don't you give me any more shit, because I'll not eat it.
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Yes I know Kevin. My health and your health would decline as well if we ate our own excrement. Research. You will find it. No reason for it as there was plenty of great food to eat in Germany. The poor guy was physically abused by both his parents. Nothing he did in his fathers eyes was good enough. When Martin's mother passed, she was wearing a Catholic medallion around her neck. She stayed Catholic. When Martin was doing his reform, his dad was finally proud of him because his dad had anger with the Catholic church just as many did and just as many do even now. I guess there just is now perfect church. As soon as Christ left, all kinds of negatives started coming in. You mention Jews being picked on by Joe Kennedy. You are right. He did not like them. The Polish priest (Max Kolbe) who died for the young Jewish man because he had a wife and kids did not like Jews either. He took the poison from the Nazi's because he felt it was the right thing to do. "No greater gift can a man give than to give up his life for his friend." One of the many good things Christ said. Now, imagine giving your life for another human being which you do not like. That is the stuff of saints. The is why John Paul2 put "saint" in front of his name. The guy who was saved from an early death by the good priest was there at his ceremony when John Paul put saint in front of his name. This is one of the very few times I have witnessed a Jew being grateful for something a a gentile did for them. This probably is part of the reason even a saint such as Kobe was had a hard time liking them. We all have our traits. Jews definitely have theirs. My ethnicity is more Irish than anything else. We tend to be sensitive. Seen it so many times. My mother and all her family were sensitive. Jews, well, I hate to say it but I don't feel bad or guilty in saying, Overbearing. Very brassy. Very pushy. Controlling. Manipulative some say. I guess you just don't get kicked out of over 100 countries for being a good citizen. Does that mean they should be exterminated? Of course not. They are who they are. We all are who we are. Even though Luther was a shit eater, I have read how he felt about Jews and I think he probably had good reason to feel that way. He wanted to do what Hitler did to them. He wanted to take their property and money. Back then, the thinking was they had to be converted to Christianity. I don't know what Lutherans teach on this matter at present but the Catholic teaching is to leave them alone and do not force any Christian conversion on them. Let them be. I like that teaching. I like it because of the 12 step teaching of "live and let live." If I keep working on my life, my Christian beliefs of love and respect to all, that seems to me to be a much healthier recipe for living this life that pushing my beliefs on another. You actually will get an inner peace by living this way I have found. And when people spend lots of time pushing their beliefs on me, in effect, portraying Martin Luther as a big hero, I find another group of people to hang out with. He was a very good human being who woke up the church and shortly after he died, they did much reform for the better. We sing his hymn, A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, in the Catholic church so I am pretty sure it is a strong belief he had an awful lot of good in him. He invented the catechism which the Catholic church still uses today to teach the kids about the life of Christ. My niece and nephew both have one. Now really. We should not be fighting over sectarian differences. We all believe in the same Jesus. We all celebrated Christmas and Easter together. We are all taught to love one another. To be kind to each other. When we die and our souls leave our body, we are going to find out there is no Protestant heaven or no Catholic heaven. We will all be together as one. From what I am taught from Martin Luther's catechism, one day that will happen here on earth as well. It will all come together as one. No more wars or fighting about schisms because all the schisms will be gone. Quote from JFK in his 1961 inaugural address. "Not a new balance of power but a new world of law where the strong are just and the weak secure and the peace preserved." Now a quote from Reverend Niemoller whom the Nazi's tortured and persecuted because he changed his mind about killing Jews. He was a Lutheran minister in Germany. "When they came for the Jews, I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew and when they came for the Catholics I didn't speak up because I was a Catholic. When they came for the Protestants I did not speak up because I wasn't one of them. Then they came for me but there was no one left to speak up." We are all in this life together. We very recently saw a bishop by the name of Robert Lynch speak up for the LGBT community because of the mass shootings in Orlando, Florida. He said it was really horrible. He condemned it totally. He even admitted his own church was not very nice to gay people for not blessing their marriages. That huge fourth step stuff. I respect him for it and I think that is how God wants us to be. Since I am supposed to love my neighbor as myself, I wish you well Kevin Johnson. I wish you no ill at all. My mother and dad had many Lutheran friends during their lifetime in the VFW. They were mostly Scandinavian Lutherans but they were such good friends to my parents. I really don't think they would have had such a wonderful friendship had they sat around and talked about why Martin Luther had his issues with the Catholic church. I think it is as John F. Kennedy said, "Let us explore the things that unite us, rather than the things which divide us." "We all are human beings. We all inhabit the same planet. We all breathe the same air." I will leave you with that. Have a very great day. God bless. Pardon my typos.
I tried to be kind sir. Just know this when we hate something as much as you hate Catholicism, it really is not about the thing you are hating. It is way more about you. Jealousy probably. I have a good friend who really made something of herself in this life. Highly educated. She was raised in the Missouri Synod of the Lutheran church. She told us it was all about self loathing. The best you could become is a worm.She broke from it just as Luther broke from Catholicism. She has a wonderful life as a result of leaving it. She has a beautiful and loving partner in a gay marriage. Many of her Missouri Synod Lutheran relatives are meaner than catshit to her and her wife. She doesn't let it ruin her life or her partners life because she does so much good every day of her life. So don't you tell me how much better they are to gays because I know better than that. I'll not buy it. You are lying and you know it. The MS Lutherans in my township are sleeping with fundamentalist evangelical so called Christians who do nothing but condemn gays and lesbians, the Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton and on and on. Martin Luther said, don't lie. Why are you lying? The more liberal synod of the church is doing many good and kind things. The biggest one they are not dong is judging people so they can feel superior. I have heard it many times first hand from my lesbian friend. She is a very good soul who does nothing but good things but when she is with some of her relatives, they are not at all nice to her even though she has been so nice to them. That is not holy. That is not Christlike. It is not kind. A soul when it leaves here for its resting place may not get to rest because of that kind of hatred. Can't say I feel any compassion for a soul that hates like that. I think that is how your soul is. Probably, you will be asked when you end up in front of Christ, Kevin, why did you hate my church and the people in it so much. It is too late now Kevin. You are gonna have to think about that for a long time before I decide if you should be given any breaks. You are a hurting guy, a really messed up guy. Just glad it is not my soul. Gosh, you need prayers. Lots of them. By the way, any guy who uses the filthy word, "pussy" pretty much says it all when it comes to your character. That word is very offensive to many people. Seems to me a good Lutheran would know better than that. Were you raised in a barn? Use that word to your minister and see how he will react if he is a good and clean man. You've really got some huge issues of hatred and low life character. I will definitely pray for ya. Have a great day but get some help from a professional.
Strongly disagree with you when you say "progressive." A progressive minister would NEVER teach the congregation to hate the Catholic Church. The only ones I have met who have an aversion to Catholicism are the MS Lutherans. However, you have now taught me there is more than just the MS which has hatred for Catholicism. I know for sure those Lutherans my mother and dad had for friends in the VFW and world war 2 brothers and sisters were from the LCA. Try to love more. You'll feel better and God will smile on you. Let us end this here.
He was smart, he knew what was right, and he wasn't about to shut up.
I am from India. And I mourn for the loss of this great Human who had a Vision for a great Nation! What a progressive Nation USA could have become if he lived and his brother had lived!
How America was still discussing the humanity of a Black person in the 60's goes beyond me.
How Saudi Arabia abolished slavery in the 60's goes beyond me.
After Trump got elected by Putin, here we are once again.
The still discussing it.
And then 2020 happened...
Wise wise words. This is what leadership looks like.
I was 7 years old and living in Canada when he was shot. Somehow I has a feeling that the world changed that day. When Bobby was killed I had a dream the night before that he was shot while campaigning. The next morning when I woke up, my mother told that Bobby had been shot. So tragic what our leaders say and do today.
Happy Birthday Mr. President. Wish you were here for us today. More than ever it seems, you're sorely missed and needed.
JFK did not represent liberal or conservative values, he represented American values. The USA is supposed represent equality for all its citizens and what he said in this message was true. How we went from this man to the likes of Trump is beyond me. I may not have been alive in his time, but the messages he spoke should resonate with all Americans. R.I.P JFK you were the last good president of the USA.
Great comment
Trumpbag became president because of Evangelicals and the corrupt electoral college system.
Remember Trumpbag won the election after losing the popular vote by almost 3 million.
JFK passed this with the overwhelming majority votes of both the liberal Democrats and liberal Republicans.
The conservative extremists on both sides in the Senate filibustered against the CRA. Southern Democrats and one Southern Republican voted against it. They formed the new "conservative" GOP today. They were led by the Republican party leader Barry Goldwater. He started a civil war within the Republican party kicking out all the moderate and liberals. He changed the ideology of Abraham Lincoln and the Republican party that he started.
There will be a movie out shortly that will give alternative facts and it will be comparing Trump to Lincoln. Its title isn't even worth mentioning. It will be in theatres in August 2018.. Just like Nazi propaganda films were shown in theatres, thats what this film will acomplish. It's designed to twist the facts. History cannot be rewritten and facts speak for themselves. Its all Hogwash. Here is a video from 1964 by Rockefeller stating the Republican party must repudiate extremists. t.co/292BtVZi87?amp=1
HRTsAFyre You know history. I salute you.
I can't help but to be moved to tears whenever I listen to JKF, he was the only man apart from MLK who could look at racism in the eye and told it off when it was not fashionable to do so, JKF had to die so that we can live, we owe you a lot Mr President
check out malcolm x?
This man was one of the countries best Presidents
Rest In Peace JFK
Im emotional to listen to him.Great man and Great President!
I listen President John Kennedy every day !
At 11:14 President Kennedy puts his prepared speech down and 'wings' the rest of the speech from his heart. The greatest of them all. ❤
I think for this, he was targeted just like Lincoln was murdered in 1865. He was murdered 3 months later in Dallas, TX. How dare you speak to uphold the rights of people of African descent? What satisfaction do you get from denying others their Civil Rights? We fought a king & his dominions for the same exact reason. JFK was a sincere man, just like Lincoln. Just like Lincoln, he was murdered for daring to speak for equal rights, rights clearly stated in the Declaration of Independence.
kevin johnson
I can see why you were edited. - Sell your misinformation on Faux NewsWhere it belongs.
He was killed by a lone nut marxists do some research
Exactly. Racism killed him. He was too smart.
He didn't ask me to drink bleach. He didn't tell 20,000 lies, he didn't call people names and insult them. He was able to speak coherently without bumbling his words. He didn't tell us how great he is. He didn't commit treason.
Biden is a corrupt politician regardless of your opinion of Trump . Biden is playing with WW3- Trump got elected because the Clinton's were profiting in the millions from their public office . That's called Corruption . JFK like Trump never took a salary as President . Something NPR or PBS will never share . They are only good
for Nature programs or Masterpiece theatre .
2024 will see the Dems lose power
JFK was killed because he was against war and wanted out of Vietnam . It went on 12 more years and created a disaster after his untimely murder. The deep state is real .
Biden isn't negotiating with Putin to end the Ukranian war ? They are happy to let it last 10 or more years and completely destroy Ukraine
Biden is no JFK and the Democrats in particular are lawless by allowing illegal immigration and doing nothing about it to the rise in crime on their watch by being anti law enforcement .
The Democratic Party is unrecognizable from 1963 !
Crazy how way back in 1963 this man spoke the very words so many Americans want to hear but they have a lousy and lowly man sitting at office. Sending much love to my american neighbors, from Canada.
I like your funny words magic man
the 2nd greatest president of all time in U.S history after Abraham Lincoln
+kevin johnson lol true but still became legends
Jack was better then Lincoln. Lincoln was incredibly cruel to Indian people where jack was a fighter for native rights like every American .
Abe lincoln was a racist fuck lincoln he didn't give af about slaves
King worked for the communist Zionists to try to calm the blacks , so that the whites can continue to pursue and kill blacks and Indians.
Malcolm X was the real black representative as he was letting them know not to stand helplessly by to wait for a hang rope , KKK , dogs or any other injustice to come take their lives
King later became self-conscious to what he was doing to his own people that he regret the very next day for giving the I have a dream speech.
That is why the FBI start to monitor him , he no longer wanted to be their puppet. He even later embraced Malcolm X for standing up against oppression.
The dream will be a reality, because our hearts tell us so
This man was a hero
The last two minutes were off the cuff. Legend!
It's been pointed out before but it's worth repeating how Kennedy went "off-road," so to speak, in the last couple of minutes, seemingly leaving behind his prepared words as he folded his hands and summarized his points as if speaking to everyone in their own living rooms.
I think his speech was really moving and important for the change of the laws back then.
It is so terribly sad that this , caring thoughtful president was killed, yet Trump lives on.
I would readily march to protest that fact.
R.I.P John F. Kennedy 1917-1963
I’m Australian, I am white, I believe in equal rights regardless of race, sex or religion. This man was a true hero.
Today, we need leaders like him.
He lived to be 104... Amazing Father of All countries and walks of life...
Talk about the measure of a man. I remember watching this. He was my hero and always will be. America has lowered its standards to something unimaginable now that Trump holds office.
he was so hot...a combination of decency, truth, courage, eloquence, intelligence and good looks
From the streets to the courts. He knew all too well of the struggle that lie ahead and continues to lie ahead.
Good work
The US was such a different place in 1963. One would think after this speech JFK's popularity would go up, but, in fact, his 75% Gallup approval number plunged to the mid-50s. This was mostly due to the heavily Democratic south, who resented the President's interjection into Southern affairs. The South had been Democratic since the Civil War and was the actual base of the party, socialist in economics (the New Deal and other government programs), but reactionary in social policy (Civil Rights). Kennedy squeaked by in the 1960, and the potential of losing Southern states in 1964 was a major concern, which is why he was muted in his response to the Civil Rights movement until this speech. It was RFK who advised his brother that the author of "Profiles in Courage" could not continue a timid course while the South was locked in turmoil and violence. It was from this point that JFK took his bold stance on the Civil Rights issue, then passed the ball to LBJ, who enacted the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. His slumping poll numbers was also a major reason JFK went to Texas in November; to assuage that Southern base that he was still a team member.
The fact this video doesn’t have a million views yet is concerning
If this man was still alive and was an option to vote for in 2020, he would most definitely have it.
Gives you chills he was so passionate
This speech needs to be rebroadcast simultaneously by every television network in remembrance of George Floyd.
I never got over his death and I am 69
Same.
doogify1
I feel your pain - I'm 73.
I’m 99
Im 402
Same.
As a British man I'm thankful that this man existed. My hero. JFK. What a legend.
Ditto
YOU SAID IT,BUDDY!!!
An absolutely fantastic visionary. A truly great man, robbed from us by the corruption inside Washington!
We can only ask... What if?!?.. ❤️
can you spread this about please because i found it hard to find on youtube th-cam.com/video/m9PygFaRt-U/w-d-xo.html
Integrity and balls
My hero along side martin luther king
Ant Dilla You sir seem to have the facts twisted as is your head, Martin Luther King Jr. was just as much a hero as JFK, for he took to the streets with his people, with his supporters, dedicated to see a future of equality, he did what he needed, he lead his people into danger, yes, but it's only from him and his followers braving such danger that we are able to see us as a society getting closer and closer to true equality; Martin Luther King Jr. was not just a speech giver, not just a voice, he marched with his people, not behind them, to obtain freedom one must fight for it, that is the only way it can be truly be seen, freedom handed down on pity is not true freedom, the brave souls who put their lives on the line truly demonstrated that FACT that blacks are just as much people as whites are, he did not give up, and he always kept fighting, and because of his inspiration, the people fought for his rights as they do today, long after his and JFK's deaths, for they both live on as long as the people seek and fight for their right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. So how about next time you take a deeper and harder look at our history and accomplishments BEFORE you throw baseless slander at one of the greatest heroes this nation ever harbored
Smh..sheeples..yall better open yalls eyes..America had a chance ..king.. kennedy..Johnson..Reagan....good people..
Bobby and Teddy did more for civil rights and equality than Jack ever did; I don’t think it was high on his list of priorities. Most of his response during his presidency came from Bobby pushing to help and say something about it. Jack still did a lot for this country though...
Dear sir I'm from Ireland I'm proud of my Irish family ... Kennedy is a common name in my country .. wish peace to each and everyone I'm white Irishman I want all Irish to come back home ..I want to you to know American is unkind ATM
Mary Arceneaux Except Johnson and Reagan. Johnson was involved in JFK’s Assassination alongside the elitist scum and Reagan inflamed conflict in Nicaragua and in Iran.
That's called "LEADERSHIP "
God bless you JFK
I'm proud just cause I feel this as well !! I'm Irish btw
@@garyhutton2654 Hi I'm from India.
@@karanveersingh6367 beautiful India but I don't care if your from the moon just be human and good !
@@jamesmcaleenan6050NOTHING BAD EVER HAPPENS TO THE KENNEDYS!
Amazing that this speech was almost exactly 57 years ago. It is also refreshing to hear a leader that was eloquent, inspiring and forward thinking.
Even though I'm a Filipino, I salute these 3 men of Civil Rights Movement. President John F. Kennedy, Robert "Bobby" Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr the men of the civil rights and peace movements.
This man will always be my President. I have always endeavoured to live my life with the Kennedys legacy always in mind. A brilliant man and excellent 1st class President.
To simply bare witness to the admiration you all have for such a great man stirs me. I have few words at my disposal to describe the absence of virtue in a leader - what it feels like to follow that void. Whether speaking of my Prime Minister or even my own father. 'Despair' comes closest. Though, I express this sentiment exhaling despair and inhaling hope. Having seen the qualities 2020 Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang possess, I'm reminded of the why behind honesty, integrity, humility and duty. "Because it just feels right" was my answer for upholding these traits within myself (trying to, at least) for so long. But now I remember... "because it makes others better".
But, why did he give this speech. What’s the message behind it.
Please elaborate ol’ fella. What does it mean to be “equal” regardless of what your accomplishments are..?
@@cedarpoplarto be treated equal
Holy cow! US Presidents used to be a leader to the ENTIRE country? I wonder what that was like.
Oh my God wasn't he Great! He reminds me so much of Donald Trump!
Trump and Kennedy two of the best presidents in recent times no doubt..
@Just Another Broke Communist OK boomer
@@chiriviscospower imagine comparing Trump to Kennedy
What a brilliant American man
This is why he is a legend. Legends never die ❤️
In those days this was fighting talk. I wonder if this speech got him killed. He was too civilised for the US of the 1960s and probably would be too advanced for the current US. Perhaps in a hundred years time his vision will be understood.
You said it all: he was well ahead of his time, not only on the issue of civil rights. He also threatened the industrial military establishment by wanting to end the Vietnam engagement (already a full war by 1960, never mind Eisenhower's deceitful terminology of "servicemen" -- 16000 of them!). He was also moving against organised crime: Chicago prostitution rings and other mafia gangs. He gave a speech early November 1963 against secret organisations of all kinds. Really too much that the power that was could swallow ... There was of course LBJ in the midst of all this with all the files swirling around his head which at best would have cost him (LBJ) his VP ticket in 1964, or at worse many years in federal jail. Add to that mix JFK's firing CIA director Allan Dulles over the Bay of Pigs incident. That's a cocktail too deadly to survive for any man.
***** Reread my earlier comment. His civil rights / anti-racism program was on itself a very tall order, but was just an item on his vigorous agenda (and my list wasn't even exhaustive). Too many people had a huge interest in having him "extinguished", no speculation about that. JFK was a prophet of rare stock.
+kevin johnson "Dr. King was a Billy Graham trooper", and "....to use Kennedy's Catholicism and neglect for Civil Rights to exterminate the Catholic church and thus bring about the second coming". Now where did you get that from? You sound like a crackpot. How was King supposed to "exterminate" the Catholic church? What's wrong with you? You know that's a lie. You're sitting at your computer conflating information and making up other shit. That's why nobody can find the logic in your comments, because there isn't any .
kevin johnson Stop that posturing shit like you know what you're talking about. Even another commenter on this channel can see your utter stupidity. You are just making up things you really don't know about. Its clear you can't answer my questions intelligently. Why don't you try reading what King said himself in his own books and speeches. Its called a primary source (Or haven't you heard?). I have read everything Martin Luther King wrote, and I've never read that he was a follower of Billy Graham...stop lying. You're trying to push the idea that the man couldn't establish his own principles and reasoning so he had to look to a white man. Anybody who seriously study Dr. King knows that's a stupid assumption. What do you white supremacists read? You get some fucked up information. You're the one that seems retarded. How about reading something in this universe, huh? Also, that fact that Martin Luther King's birth name was MIchael was never a secret. He changed his name, so what? What does that have to do with anything? You think you pointed something out profound? Look, I don't lose any sleep that you seem very hateful, but if you're going to criticize blacks at least do it truthfully. At least read what the people that you are criticizing have said, and not some stupid revisionist shit you seem to be repeating over and over. You laugh, but you're getting your ass kicked, so it doesn't matter...you're losing this discussion.
You must really hate black people for being black. But that's why time for people like you is short. Don't forget that.
kevin johnson Ha ha ha ha ha ha. Billy Graham, Martin Luther Kings hero....ha ha ha NOW THAT IS FUNNY. Hell, if that were true then ol' Billy needed to get his ass out on the front line where Martin was.
I’m not even American and this hits me
it is not only for african americans. as an asian american, i am brought to tears by this speech...
***** just shut up
thelousyllama only us irish do this xxx.
This is how a president is suppose to talk...to inspire to motivate people to more positive ends....Kennedy was a God...
Unfortunately that is not how they see it
Nothing bad ever happens to the Kennedy’s.
FloroWeb hmmm
no
Hes right do it in another video
i like ya funny words magic man !
@FloroWeb These weebs are copy pasting on all of JFK videos.
ai laike yo funneh wohds magic maaaan
Greatest US President of all time.
fuck up
Imagine Robert F. Kennedy, and Ron Paul, being US Presidents.
JFK was head and shoulders above any President since. Why are you such a piece of shit troll KJ? Even your Boy Reagan was a helluva lot better than the Bushes,but garbage compared to JFK. College Tuition started going through the roof under Reagan's tenure, and spiraling health costs and inflation and war on unions and Government Workers.
Irish
God bless you for saying that 😇👏👏👍
WHEN PRESIDENTS WERE STATESMEN... Can you imagine the current occupant of the White House giving a speech like this? Kennedy is appealing to our better angels to move beyond racism. It is a bone fide humanitarian appeal to encourage the country to embrace its most cherished ideals. Kennedy KNEW he would lose the South in '64 by giving this speech but he gave it anyway because it was the right thing to do. (The South had always gone solid Democratic because they hated the Republican Party of Lincoln. But in '64, the 5 deep South states did indeed flip and go Republican). In this speech our president was inspiring us to a higher ethical standard. To me, that is a great president.
Compare and contrast this speech to the "---hole" comment by the current occupant of the White House. Charles Darwin was wrong; we are not progressing; we are regressing.
Yep,100 percent better then Obama without a doubt
"Frederick Douglass is someone who is doing an amazing job and is being recognized more and more, I notice."
Paul Rolf President Obama is as eloquent and charismatic and was born during the Kennedy Administration, the current occupant is NOT. That’s why JFK daughter endorsed Obama, but never endorsed Trump! 🇺🇸 😉💯
With respect and no ill will. This was not why the south flipped. LBJ pushing and threatening and going around the Dixiecrats to get JFK (mostly Bobby but JFK took the lead as well) civil rights act out of the committee it was dying in and thru house and senate that cause the flip. Had to do with LBJ allowing MLK at DNC convention and not bowing to the Dixiecrats that were actively trying to kill the act that caused the flip. JFK was a great man and president faults and all. And LBJ honored his memory with Civil Rights becoming law. Both will be forever be enshrined in history alongside MLK. This and acts and Americans like these are the America I grew up idolizing and who wanted to defend when signed up and went to the sandbox. It’s the America that was only in my head and not the America in reality. I hope this country comes back to what it stood for or what i convinced myself back then it represented.
I miss this man, his brother and MLK every day. How did we ever go from a JFK to an openly racist Trump? it is a stain on us all
Anstapa Solivagus wrong
He’s not openly racist dick cheese
@@penguino4509 fuxk you asswipe
Mitch Maglio nigga you edited a comment to spell fuck wrong shut up nigga
Im black Trump isnt racist. He for the people
He was so good at his job. My favorite president.
kevin, you trump supporting asswipe, go back to your unemployment benefits little bitch
kevin johnson kevin just stfu and admitt you're racist
One of the reasons I'm a proud Democrat
Ripa Moramee lol the hitman logo with that comment... irony.
Ripa Moramee Yes.
This was a righteous man. God bless his soul! R.I.P
I'm scared at how allured I am. His energy from even 60 years ago is ridiculous.
We Irish support all
Shut up
It’s rare to see in a politician now days, especially with the 2 candidates we have now
Unfortunate that this is still relevant
it isnt relevant, not in the us at least
Simon its still very relevant actually
@@Sat630 how so?
@kevin johnson First of all, the wiretappings were solely on account of Bobby's actions, not John's.
Secondly, they were wiretapping MLK, his supporters, and interrogating people because _there were suspected communists, and spies midst their movement._ The issue was brought up with Martin Luther, and he authorized a lot of those actions.
The context is just as important as what happened, I suggest you include it, instead of trying to cherrypick information against respectable men.
@kevin johnson Robert F Kennedy signed an agreement for limited wiretapping for around a month or so, however the FBI director, Hoover, extended it without permission. There were no direct relations on these actions with the president, so I don't know what you're talking about. Saying something like he "gave his blessing for it" is so unbelievably vague I don't understand why you even think that's an argument. The actions of Hoover and Kennedy in the months following the initiation of the investigation, which is also where the controversy starts, is completely unrelated to John F Kennedy and that is a fact.
There were suspected communists midst their ranks, and I will repeat, MLK was told about these communist, and agreed to ask them to leave the movement. There was a disagreement about Levison, but that does not prove in any way that this was racially charged on Kennedy's part. Edgar J Hoover, the FBI director was the racist one, repeatedly expressing a baseless dislike for MLK, but Kennedy had to go along with it because the communist threat was still something to take seriously.
You failed to address my original point, which was that they Bobby wiretapped and interrogated MLK on non-racial bounds, which were true. It's pretty obvious Hoover was racist, but that does not prove definitely that Bobby agreed with his motives.
You're failing to see everything else the Kennedy brothers have done for civil rights. RFK and JFK passed countless pieces of legislation, ranging from court enforcements that allowed black students to go to universities, to attending rallies, to passing legislature on the desegregation of ghettos and public properties. During the riots and burning of the First Baptist Church, RFK personally ordered the National Guard to put down the lynch mob, and MLK publicly said that these actions had very likely saved his life.
Yet you claim, despite overwhelming evidence on the contrary, that they were both somehow racists with an agenda, while using exactly one cherry-picked out of context situation as evidence.
And here's some sources if you don't believe me:
1. web.archive.org/web/20170527035139/kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_kennedy_robert_francis_19251968/
2. www.google.com/amp/s/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/302537/
3. www.notablebiographies.com/Jo-Ki/Kennedy-Robert.html
I would like you to note the reluctancy of RFK to follow through on the investigation of MLK, the fact that these events were wholly unrelated to John F Kennedy, and that these actions are not substantial enough to undermine their dedication to civil rights as a whole.
I will say it again, context is important. The complete story is important. These are respectable people, they don't need cynical, paranoid people like you stepping on their legacy with out of context bullshit that's designed to make them look bad.
The last president of The United States of America.
@360Ragequit you missed the point, dont judge a man by is low point. You yourself arent perfect.
@@royflacko6531 Bill Clinton sold out the American people. The Clinton crime family
Kennedy and Obama greatest presidents ever. Smartest most logical. Now erase my college debt
@@oticimowaymo2190 Obama is no where near JFK in intelligence, character, integrity and honor. JFK was a patriotic and Obama not so much.
@@lifehope4603 I'm sure Kennedy wouldn't say that. But sure ... OK... Such a shame this world is. Can't even accept the TRUTH🤔
the entire Kennedy clan was the most woke and progressive political dynasty this country has ever seen
Irish in short
..Greetings from Ireland
But at the time he was considered a Conservative Democrat
No just him and RFK
Who could dislike this? R.I.P JFK.
My theory is the (currently 5) dislikes are from people who were so moved to tears by the speech, that they couldn't see well and mis-clicked the downvote instead of the upvote.
DreamCanvas That is a wonderfully optimistic view my friend. Spread the love.
It's 18 now
playerx2006 Damn. And this feed is over 2 years old
White people
My hero...the reason I became an attorney.
You have my respect for that.
One of the greatest speeches in modern times. He used the Golden Rule (who would be willing to change places with Negros and be patient with 100 years of delay?), said this is a national problem (didn't just blame the South). Said it was everyone's responsibility to make this work (Law alone cannot make men see right) and demonstrated his responsibility by sending a bill to Congress. It did take him a while to jump into the Civil Rights movement with both feet, but this speech and his brutal death helped LBJ pass the bill a year later.
He knew if he jumped into civil rights Nixon would have won no doubt.
I love JFK. He was a man of great character. He was not perfect man, but he did a good job against impossible odds. His eloquence is unparallelled
..."But law alone cannot make man see right." So true. My heart aches every day, knowing that his life was cut short... he was a good man, who wanted justice for all people, and though he was not a perfect man, he knew injustice when he saw it, and sought to correct it. He is a great American.
11:15 this is my favorite part about this amazing speech, you can tell he's speaking directly from his heart.
Yes it’s
When he was no longer reading from prepared notes and spoke directly to the camera. That's Kennedy at his finest: articulate, burning with zeal and conviction, intelligent because he went straight at it off script without fumbling for words.
And now we have a President who only talks about how great he is while insulting everyone else. Wow have times changed for the worse.
We're in the Jerry Springer era of our country......
@@peterclark830 we're living in idiocracy
You can say that again.
I thought obama was an egomaniac. He is, but Trump has him beat.
@@WintersWar we need politicians who care about the people again
What a great man he was. I remember going to look for work with my father, who was an Irishman, in the days where all around were notices stating, blacks and Irish need not apply! This was in England, I was about five. No wonder my Dad cried bitterly when the president was killed.
BLESS HIM. LAST REMARKS WERE NOT FOUND IN HIS PAPERS. HE SPOKE FROM HIS HEART.
JFK gave this speech literally the day before Medgar Evers was murdered. The 1960s were something else man.
"Don't let it be forgotten, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment that was known as Camelot."...There'll never be another Camelot again..."
humberto celli bro......u commented the same thing on the video i watched b4 this😅
We all need to reflect on this speech for the issues that are going on rn
Yes
Reflect on what??? Everything JKF said was a problem has already been corrected. Anyone can go to school anywhere. Anyone can register to vote anywhere. No stores are segregated. And you can thank the Clinton/Obama/Biden/Bush NWO regime for the lack of equal protection under the law. They might as well have kept the Southern prison lease system running, since their policies kept the jails full of disproportionate numbers of innocent people mixed in among the criminals.
That's an Irishman
@@ottohesslein3230 Also. Why do amoured police only show up when its a BLM rally but when white people riot (with guns) and storm the capitol (with guns) because of the lockdown measures, the police are unarmoured and respectful. Where is the police violence then? When people in the middle of a global pandemic are standing inches away from police officers while yelling them in the face, risking these officers lives. Where is the use of force then?
We will be free
Remarkable- by a forward- thinking man/President who understood the times he lived in and looked ahead by looking within. Love it! Thank you JFK! Peace brother!
Why am I watching videos of former presidents to comfort me during this time. The current one is incapable of doing his job. A stain on American history.
It’s baffling how relevant this is right now...50 plus years later. Wow. This is what you call a PRESIDENT 💯
I wish we can get a president like this again because he is one of the best presidents in US history and we could finally get this nation back on track
Bullshit once again. "Freedom" for rich white people who are already privileged. Wow. What an achievement...
74hollrm we will never see another like him in this lifetime, he will forever be my favorite. That right there is greatness.
Edward Singh yeah keep voting for racist trump
Politicians are bought by the corporations.
We will never get another president like JFK
@@FDSixtyNine No power can endlessly block the will of the people.
Arguably the greatest presidential address to the nation since the advent of television.
I was 15 years old when he became president and in retrospect there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that this speech cost JFK' his life.
Dallas Texas was part of the Evangelical's brand of vicious and ruthless racial hatred to include a history of lynchings.
JFK was assassinated five months after he gave this speech.
As a result the traditionally Democratic deep South switched to the Republican Party.
It is tragically ironic that a president demonstrates inspirational courage and pays for it with his life and look at what we have now, Trump.
Our three universal civil right are simple..
1 - the right to be perfectly healthy
2- the right to be prosperous
&
3- the right to free speech and perfect self expression
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is complicated..and legal.
Universal rights are universal..no arguments necessary..no drama..no violence
David the Indian
Www.kryon.com
It seems the conservative right has used the Evangelical brand of Christianity to accomplish its' nefarious goals....play on people's fears & use a pseudo-faith veneer of religion.
Im an Australian woman and my heart swells with pride and happiness listening to JFK. I will never forget what you stood for or you Sir ✊️❤🇦🇺
Kennedy Was one of a kind R.I.P
Irish
@Nelson's Rudolph are you Irish too ?
@Nelson's Rudolph you must be Irish
I'm Irish. Are you happy now? lol
Priscilla Wear
Jackie Kennedy was also aware of her husband's affair with White House Staff member Priscilla Wear. According to Kennedy press aide Barbara Gamarekian, Jackie stated, “This is the girl that’s sleeping with my husband” while speaking in French to a Paris-Match reporter.
The White House secretary was nicknamed “Fiddle," which she was referred to as when her alleged affair is discussed. Speculation of her involvement with JFK has been widely circulated in biographies by the likes of Larry Sabato and Seymour Hersh.
"Unless the Congress acts, their only remedy is the street."
Yes!
This still gives me goosebumps.
A great man.
I'm not American but one things for sure hands down he is the best president along side Abraham till now he is the only one who has the guts to speak the truth.
How did Trump get elected I don't understand how you go from guys like this to Trump 🤔
Trust me, most of us didnt want Trump lol. But I agree, I'm still confused as to how we downgraded so much over time
corrupt electoral college, put your faith in Jesus we’re surely in end times!
Those last 2 minutes of extemporaneous speech...! >_<
The most mellifluous and moving part of it all!!
AsiaCrasie Absolutely! Very stirring. Also, thanks for teaching me a couple new words :)
Absolutely. Those final lines weren't part of th prepared speech and came straight from his heart. And his voice was clearly shaking as he made those statements. Can't think of any other politician as authentic as JFK.
AsiaCrasie True. Those minutes are the words from heart and not scripted.
Needs to be a statue of this man in every STATE
Ironic that this was given 100 YEARS after the Civil War had ended. This is a moral issue as old as the Scriptures and as clear as the Constitution. Brilliant words.
Yep, a clear use of parallelism; the words Scriptures and Constitution being parallel to each other.
100 after the issuing of the Emancipation proclamation, the Civil War ended in 1865.😊
What a brilliant mind this man had. Exactly why the powers that be took him out.
Intelligence and class. I miss that today in our politicians.
How did we went from this to Donald Golden Shower?
Super Rabbit Donald Trump is a lot like JFK. HE'S GOT THE SAME BACKBONE NO ONE CALLED JFK A WARMONGER WHEN HE TOLD RUSSIA TO GET THE MISSILES OUT OF CUBA. TRUMP WANTS TO DO THE SAME WITH N. KOREA
Lynn Tress LMAO are you high? That crack gotchu good trump is nothing and anything like jfk stop smoking pipes
Dirty career politicians encouraged voters to pick an outsider instead.
Trump is your second people elected President. Kennedy was the first ever. Trump is a real man so he doesn't go by scripts, it is better to know a real and honest man than to listen to scripted empty words. that feeds you nothing but lies
Lynn Tress WHY ARE YOU YELLING???
If you think Obama was better than him,
you’re out of your mind.
I have to analyze this speech for class.
This and his Peace Speech are 2 of the (if not the) most effective, game changing and poetic speeches ever. My friends and I were awed at how he explained the issues so that whites could begin to understand the position of blacks...On so many levels, this is an unbelievable show of courage and leadership, and may have contributed to his murder.
Amazingly his Peace Speech at American University was the next day!
I largely agree, except no, it didn't contribute to his murder. He wasn't killed for civil rights. That's a myth. He was killed by a left-wing fanatic, not a right-wing fanatic. Or, if you prefer some conspiracy theory, for pissing off the mob... but not for civil rights. Jackie even lamented that he was killed by some nut job rather than dying a martyr.
He was killed by right wing forces - not a left wing fanatic. LHO was a patsy. The real killers were working for the MIC and the CIA and were right wing! Jackie made her "silly communist" comment for public consumption, but in reality both Jackie AND Robert Kennedy believed JFK was assassinated by a right wing domestic conspiracy. Years later author and historian, Tim Naftali, discovered that behind JFK and the incoming administration's back, they even had a letter smuggled into Russia right after the assassination stating that to the Russians in order to help prevent a nuclear war. They believed Oswald's communist actions were subterfuge. The carrier of the smuggled letter was JFK and Jackie's little known, but closest, most trusted war journalist/artist friend, William "Bill" Walton. (He also was instrumental with the funeral design and arraignments - see his wiki page. He had quite an interesting life.) jfkfacts.org/assassination/crowd-sourcing-jackie-on-jfks-death/
I agree that racism was an element in his death. It is an element whether you believe it was a right wing conspiracy or a single lone gunman/ If a right wing conspiracy, people involved in the conspiracy, known to have associated with Oswald, were connected with racist people (Guy Banister and the owner of the building in New Orleans where Oswald produced his leaflets). Such association is know from testimony at the House Select Committee on Assassinations, which was kept confidential until 1994. If a single lone gunman, the CIA and FBI had advance knowledge of Oswald and gave no warning and did not have his file flagged -- and we know how Hoover and some folks in the FBI -- and some folks in law enforcement in general felt about civil rights. So yes racism was a element. And I might add that last year at the time of the anniversary, Andrew Young, former UN Ambassador and former aide to Martin Luther King, said he believed that there was a racist factor in JFK's death.
And regarding the quote from Jacqueline Kennedy. She makes one statement and that is her entire view in the matter over the years. People change their minds from day to day. We don't know what she thought. But we do know that she and Bobby sent an emissary to the Soviet Union in December of 1964, and he delivered a message to them that they (Bobby and Jackie) believe that JFK was killed as the result of a right wing conspiracy.
I think that you are right of all the comments across TH-cam I've read on his different speeches I choose to comment on this 1 because in your words few and short you have summed it all up
DJTrump 2020 “I don’t take responsibility for mishandling Coronavirus”
Our country is going backwards !
I wonder where China's President was and just what he was doing?
President Trump take notes this is a PRESIDENT.
Difficult times.
Please don't say "President Trump". He's nothing more but a piece of shit.
l wish I could have seen him in person
ME TOO!!!
Same!