My father had a statue of JFK on his desk. We were never allowed to touch it as kids. My father loved this man, this speech right here is one of the reasons why.
I have a statue of President Kennedy on my table. I was 8 years old when he was killed. I will never forget. When l was little l listen to his speeches.
Thanks for your wonderful words , I love him so much . So mercy on him I saw how his son said bye for him full of respect in his son's sight . And his friends showed his great value mercy and bless on him
The systemic poison that took the Kennedys, that moved King Jr., Fred Hampton, and the thousands of beautiful minds with their dreams and hopes - into the history books well before their time, is the same systemic poison blocking a nation of the people, for the people, and by the people that props-up the insanely few wealthy into a separate reality of their own exclusive wealth validating their existence as false gods of money and greed. We need Democratic Socialism now as we needed it then, as Kennedy knew and worked to install for all of us, and died from the same poison of the same system that continues to poison America - a rampant and unregulated Capitalism that places itself above all life and morals.
Well said,President Kennedy was one of the last true "statesman"the world has ever known,sadly missed at this address,,what might have been..rest easy Mr.President..🇺🇸
JFK speeches should be viewed by every President....persuasive, logical, understandable, hits opposition in ways we can understand, with a knowledge of subject matter, focused, from the heart.
@@ritabutler1951 Agreed. Bernie definitely has a different communication style from JFK but the heart of Bernie Sanders cannot be questioned any honest individual.
I cannot speak of the heart of an individual, but Barack Obama's speeches were easy to listen to. His intelligence and humor came through. Excellent speaker.
As Jackie said: "All his bright light gone from the world" I can only imagine how much better off we all could have been had he been allowed to live a full life.
@@sterlingpless4335 With me, it was also civil rights. Think of all of the military and civilian lives that would have been saved because he wanted peace and not go to war in Vietnam. My mom only voted in one Presidential election. JFK.
@@captaincarl8230 Yeah and also if politicians really cared about people they would care about the domestic and policies in this country that would help improve the lives of people who have tough uphill climbs shoot JFKS message was ahead of his time he wanted universal health care coverage...
I wish a politician of today would fight for people this way. Nothing but admiration for him and his politics. A true leader and speaker. Lately, more than ever, I feel how much our nation missed out on with his loss. He is still missed all these years later. That says a lot about a person.
Ronald Reagan and followers, Rush Limbaugh, Fox News, others assorted, Bill Clinton being for NAFTA and destroying the social welfare system, that arrogant dolt George W. Bush, etc.
Timothy Hughs. Carrot and stick planet control. Or sometimes carrot last. Punishment followed by reward. Dog training. The only thing keeping it going is slow subtle torture.
A presidential assasination, the Vietnam war, hippy and drugs, economic turmoil of the 1970’s led to women being pushed into the workforce at record levels, the 80’s 90’s and 2000’s have just kept what the 60’s and 70’s created on cruise control
This is what leadership looks like when you are leading the people of a country. All of the people, not just the top 1% or 10%. This is what empathy for ALL people look like.
Half a century later the US still lacks a comprehensive health care system. Some of you may say its socialist, however, we have had one in Australia for decades. Australia is not socialist but like many developed countries has a social conciousness Obamacare is not a national health system. You deserve better, and should demand it. If any one tells you its socialist, then challenge them. The most socialist act by the US was to bail out investment banks post GFC. An unparalleled socialist act. Yet these banks foreclosed on your own citizens. JFK was illuminating and his vision should be embraced. I believe he was your greatest president, and he had a good heart.
+m0nchichi I don't doubt your observations at all. It certainly places the spotlight on the rhetoric from the US presidential candidates, and their inability to understand the real issues facing the US such as improving education, national health for all, and decreasing the massive debt to GDP ratio.
+m0nchichi I agree with you that Trump is getting support because people are frustrated with the establishment. To migrate to Australia is not difficult if you meet the requirements of which one is to speak a specific level of Engljsh. You can migrate as a business immigrant if you bring around $250,000 in funds and start a business that empoys around 5 people. You really need to look at the Aust Gov web site to get exact details. Yes Australia is known a the lucky country and it is for good reasons. I urge you to immigrate to arguably one of the best places in the world. I live in Melbourne, the worls's most liveable city by the bay.
+m0nchichi I wish you all the very best. I just noticed that the symbol for the Democrats is a stars and stripes donkey. Here in Australia the unintended vote is called a "donkey vote" . Maybe its a metaphor for Hilary via the super delegates. Either way there is no current prospective president that can measure up to JFK. I believe George Orwell was pretty perceptive and the the totalitarian US government has fooled its people with the concept of patriotism, the "last bastian of the scoundrel". Anyhow in three years migrate to Australia, and check out the best surf beaches in the world.
Perhaps however, with the rigging of the democratic nomination he should have stood up for what he began. He was no Bobby Kennedy and appeared to fold very easily. It begs the question : What if he challenged the nomination because of its illegitimacy?
Amazing speech! after all these years America have not learned the good of having universal healthcare and allowed themselves to be fooled with private healthcare. Why should people go poor or broke over healthcare costs
Absolutely, and the cost of prescription drugs has escalated so much since then, that he didn't even mention it. We have to stop the greed of multi-million salaries and bonuses of CEO'S of pharmaceutical companies.
It is clear to see why this man was an inspiration to his generation and how he captured the imagination of the world. His charisma, intelligence, and humanity are magnetic- even more than half a century after his passing. I am not an American, but I bemoan the current surrealism in U.S. public life. Rest In Peace, Mr. President.
Thank you for posting this, one of JFK's very finest momens.. It may sound a bit odd to a younger person reading this comment but I was 11 when President Kennedy died and in a small but always present corner of my heart I've never gotten over it. I'm sure I'm not the only grey haired baby boomer who was brought to tears by this clip. Thank You, Mr. President.
Just watching this you would know that this man wouldn't live long, for one he was fair, made sense, made you think ECT captivating along with Malcolm, martin, if you move masses you die
+Jeff Allcock amazing how lil' progress we have made.... and greedy unfettered capitalism right in the center of it... amazin how bought us congress is.... time to take our country back !
+Samantha30090 We already have medicare and Medicaid and guaranteed treatment for citizens and non citizens alike at emergency rooms all paid by the working population.
Medicare and Medicaid recipients are generally either disabled or elderly. The working population, or anyone who earns their money honestly and above-board, pay into the system while they're working, and can draw on it if they can't work anymore or have retired from a lifetime of work. Study after study has proven that people who get regular medical attention, via private insurance or Medicare or Medicaid, are less apt to use emergency rooms than people with no coverage whatsoever.
"And we're all going to be in a hospital, 9 out of 1O of us, before we finally ... pass away". Curious break in his voice before the last two words, as if he knew he'd be one of the nine to die in a hospital, or recalled the many times he was near-death in a hospital. Whatever may be the case, the man's compassion shines through.
Actually, I think it may have had more to do with his dying father in a hospital. No matter what, he understood and more importantly, he had compassion. Something sorely lacking in our politicians today.
You would never know by listening to this speech that Kennedy came from a patrician background. He was speaking from his heart in this address - you hardly saw him looking at his notes, and there were no glass teleprompters then as they are today. He was speaking extemporaneously for most of this speech. We see in this a man who was always well informed and committed to the ideals he laid out in his inaugural address.
At the time of his speech we were 30 years behind Great Britain on healthcare for the people. Now it is 58 years later and we are now 88 years behind. Don’t tell me the U.S. is the greatest nation in the world!
Good Lord - there is not one modern day so called politician who comes even remotely close to JFK's ability to speak to the people with the conviction and civic responsibility of this great President.
I’d argue Bernie Sanders speaks with such conviction and civic responsibility. Watching this then flipping to a Bernie rally you get the sense that Bernie was very much inspired by this great president JFK.
@@DiegoSalazarPictures ; John Kennedy and Sanders. are ; IN FACT; 180 degrees counter opposite. One believed in the Constitution of the United States; the other absolutely DESPISES IT. I'll let you make the call as too which one is which.
My favorite is Lincoln, but Kennedy was the greatest President of the 20th Century....haven't had a good Democrat since...and the way it looks with Dumbocrats...we never will again
Every time I see this greatest president since Jefferson speak...when I hear from his incredible mind, always talking about health care and talking of peace in the world...He, who suffered so much in the war and in life, after over 55 years of our govt people and others killing him...I still weep because he never lived long enough to do the great things he intended. I pray this magnificent man is full of joy with our God and the Lord Jesus.
I find JFK to be a mesmerizing public speaker. It's all the more remarkable because his many biographers almost unanimously describe him as an introvert.
+Yarbroughr Its so true. His delivery, the words he chooses to emphasize - unlike most politicians he was not a boring speaker. Most political figures bore me - but not JFK. Some politicians speak too slow, but he spoke at the right pace, He had a great speech writer too, but he edited all of his speeches, and he clearly did a brilliant editing job.
@@annahale1187 You are right. Young people are dramatizing idiots. Someone told them they know what they're doing. And gave them social and political leverage. Who?
I am in Ireland , I am profoundly moved never heard this speech . We never gotten over his Robert and Jonh jnr Death's . America's last Great President . RIP
JFK understood the struggles of the ordinary people. He donated his salary to charity. He is the last president that truly cared about this country and wanted it to be a country that others could look up to as an example of what was possible.
This is the only President that truly! Cared he would be very disappointed not enough strong enough word!! In the way this world turned out it sad 😔 he believed he was standing up for us! To bad we don't have him now!!
Kennedy had health issues , he knew that if he hadn't grown up privileged , he too would be facing a financial burden that nobody should have to carry just to stay alive ...all of his speeches are memorable , but this one has always stayed with me ..
Wow, what a perfect example of why JFK was such an effective speaker. He meshes the core details of the issues with common sense applications in the lives of the audience. His energy and forthrightness allow and welcome the participation of the audience in a shared venture. When the person at the top is doing their best, great things can happen!
"I can't imagine anything worse or anything better to sap someone's self-esteem than to be sick, alone, broke; or to have saved for a lifetime and put it out in a week or two weeks, a month or two months..." These words have an added poignancy when you recall that Kennedy spent much of his life sick, in hospital rooms, as a rich man's son ---far from being alone, let alone broke --- and had a crippled father who needed around-the-clock care, and was lucky enough (rich enough) to afford private care. But, as he says, his father can pay for it, unlike most Americans, who should have the same access to state-provided, quality health care. My friend, the reason Britain's health care has become a debacle is because the Tories keep slashing and downsizing it. The City of London itself could, if fairly taxed, comfortably fund the NHS year in and year out; but the British government has other priorities. To quote JFK again, "To govern is to choose".
I have come to understand that - oh so COMPLETELY and watched this selfish country bleed all from me and the let me have to ask Narcissistic family for help and waste 9 years of my life - Yes - I agree w you and I miss this man
Those who have "contributed during their working years." They contributed to the capitalist cause and we must take care of them. However, It is not the duty of the working people to be taxed and sacrifice the quality of their own lives in order to support the weak and lazy. This is about providing aid to those who absolutely need it. If you want free handouts, then you deserve to have nothing. If your job isn't paying you well, then get a new job or get an education. If not, then you should suffer the consequences of your own failures instead of relying on the taxpayers.
JFK makes it clear in his speech that he isn't talking about the poor but about working people overwhelmed by the cost of health care. Even working people, who've contributed, as you say, to the 'capitalist cause'---whatever that means--- can be bankrupted and robbed of their human dignity by illness.
+Ja Quelin' There will always be someone who needs to do those so called lowest jobs, why do their lives deserve to be shit? Even if every single person in the country got educated and worked hard for a specialist job that would only mean immigrants are green carded to fill those positions, why do you want their lives to be shit? A system where someone must always lose is not at all a necessity. Do you not fucking understand how many times the wealth of the world has multiplied at this point? Nobody needs to lose everything just because they are stricken by illness in an area with poor nutrition and hygiene. you're a nasty fucker tbh.
JFK speech always live in our heart because idea can't die He Kennedy very Good president for USA but he die By conspiracy assassination And We the next generation have responsibilities for Keeping fight for The truth
Unquestionably the greatest POTUS in my 68 years of living, this man loved America, and it's ppl, the future he planned for this country would have enriched Americans beyond their wildest dreams, that ended in Dallas November 22, 1963.
I forgot how a president sound like now and days..I'm like thank god for Technology we can see the old days in Politics to zoom view it on TH-cam. JFK was a real president and until this day and age...Hes still not forgotten.
I was still in grade school when he was president so did not get to hear any of his speeches. Now I know how really progressive he was and would be considered to be even today like Bernie. He would be about 105 years old today if he were alive.
You’re the same dude who does the old-time radio channel! Cool! I love these full broadcasts where it doesn’t just go right into the speech, but you get to hear the lead in. My mother loved this guy so much. We were at Arlington when I was 10 and we had to literally run to go to his grave, and when we got there, it was the most peaceful feeling that I have ever experienced in my life.
And it could be played today for the same reasons for the lack of universal healthcare. And should be. As the same tired arguments that are propounded against such a system that exists in every industrialized nation even among the most poorest who have now cultivated from our collapsing empire a tourism, a medical tourism to undergo operations or buy medicines that would otherwise un-affordable in their own country, the US, often even with so called health insurance. It demonstrates the emptiness of their arguments, the hollowness of their words, the utter putrid lies, the feign for care when their real concern is profits and only profits. All one needs to do is play snippets of this speech in a campaign ad, and end it with text "60 years later, let us at last finally finish the work we have before us."
With all the changes in healthcare it’s important to remember the foundation of such a crucial program that many Americans rely on. Very educational and powerful speech. Thank you for sharing this. Truly believe this needs to go viral.
What an amazingly passionate spirit this wonderful man had that was able to clearly speak about what the common man needed! He spoke in a way that all could understand without causing anyone to feel stupid. The last great American President! Hopefully our current President will accomplish an equally amazing legacy!
Republicans opposed Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare and every progressive action that has helped improve the quality of life for the average American. It's no different in 2019 than it was in 1962.
@J P you lost the argument the moment you resorted to using an insult. You only need to rely on insults when your facts, logic, and powers of persuasion can't get the job done. The last time I checked there's no law that says only Republicans pay for social programs. In fact, it's the the Republican states take the lion's share of welfare benefits. Unlike your fact-free assault against reality, the article linked below is loaded with facts that backs up what I said. Can you handle the truth, or will it be too terrifying to deal with since it destroys the ignorance you cling to like a warm blanket? www.apnews.com/2f83c72de1bd440d92cdbc0d3b6bc08c All you have is ignorance and venom, which is why your party has descended into complete madness and stupidity, and will soon be voted out of power permanently.
Yes, indeed, President Kennedy’s talk seems completely extemporaneous. It’s deeply felt, passionate and completely on point. I cannot help but contrast this dynamic and committed leadership with what we have an incredible fifty-six years later. Road Rules hit the nail right on the head. So did Mr. Levin. And so did Ms. Kayman. “The business of government is the business of the people”. History will, and I think already is, look with favor on JFK.
Yes I was not born during his time as president but I agree with him all the way. He was the best president and representing what American people should be like. now our health care is going down the drain. Its sad. In hopes American can pull through. cause now we are far from equal and put into types of income groups and the world is not free anymore and were going through a depression. were stuck in crisis.
Yes JFK died by conspiracy But he's effort and Idea never die until The end of the day He same like Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson Because care about People's and have good heart
John F. Kennedy had a vision of socialized medicine and socialized healthcare in the US, an idea well along its way in Europe and in other places around the world, including here in Israel, at that time.
I LOVED President Kennedy and I will never ever, EVER get over how someone could ever take the life of a person like that; a person who made everybody feel so good. Jack Ruby loved him and thought he was the greatest man to have ever lived: past or present.
JFK was right. Health should be removed from the capitalist system. Because people don't get sick because of they're bored. Therefore, health should be free for every citizen. This is the most basic and most humanistic right. Except for aesthetic surgery.
The profits of pharma and private insurance companies have no business at the table when deciding health care for all, education for all and social security for all... get the profit out it and get it done... of course, tax everyone (yes the rich too) to pay for it... simple system that works for all...
Also i am English we pay £8 for a prescription and get dental care health care for free and can choose any doctor or dentist we want 7 find it crazy that the most powerful and richest country on earth America (hard working people ) can go bankrupt if they get cancer disgusting greedy cooperations
We don't get dental health care for free, unless you're unemployed or on some other kind of benefit. It can take months to get an NHS dentist too. The NHS is a service to be proud of, however its being deliberatly underfunded so the big fat cats can get their hands on it when it "falls apart". What's sad is that as a nation we just watch it unravel, only to complain when it's gone. Then is too late
David, write his name in in November. I'm considering it given choices we have in 2016. Because, I was born in mid October 1942. That means the following. You had to be 21 to vote back then. I graduated fm high school in 1960, I was 17, turned 18 in mid October. Three years later I turned 21 mid October..... 1963. I went to City Hall to register to vote for the first time.... for Jack Kennedy's re-election the following November, of 1964. But, 5 weeks later he went to Dallas, Texas. I remember hesitating in 1964, then reached for the lever for Johnson, then dropping my head with an ache in my stomach. BTW, speaking of Dallas Texas. On 50th anniversary of his death, 2013, C-SPAN interviewed the authors of a new book, Dallas 1963. It's not about the assassination. It's about that city at the time, the dark, poisonous atmosphere that had growing and festering with twisted hatred.
While certain Tea Party politicians have used the cutting of funding to Medicare & the Affordable Heal Care Act (I have specific reservations about the ACA specifically, however.), when you talk to citizens on the ground, some social programs actually help Americans a great deal. The majority of debt and spending has come in the way of military spending and special corporate tax breaks, subsidies--exactly what Eisenhower warned us about, the Military Industrial Complex. However, I've gone a step further and name it the Medical Military Industrial Complex: fascism. Simply, When people are healthy, they work longer and more efficiently and have more money to spend; why not intelligently support a comprehensive system accessible to everyone? It leads to economic growth. Any educated economist will tell you blatantly that GDP growth is substantially predicated on consumer spending. If all our money goes to healthcare, and health insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies can charge obscene amounts and generate more money, of course the medical free market economy is against the government putting capital limits on health care providers and the amount they can charge for care. Doctors deserve the greatest reward but seldom reap the profits due to a bloated administration.
Can see why they call Kennedy a once in a lifetime charismatic President. He's often caricatured as a Mayor Quimby type, but for all his flaws the guy could sell his policies to the country. Certainly don't often hear Presidents who sound as passionate as he does making this speech.
Great channel. Thanks for making these speeches and interviews easily available. I think the announcer at the beginning is the same guy who did Detroit Tigers on the radio for many years, back in the day. Paul Harvey (I think)? He was a really popular, well-liked guy for decades around Detroit. History all over the shop.
I love JFK but if he could see the mess that Social Security and government healthcare have become he probably would be singing a different tune. But his passion on this issue illustrates what made him so great, the fact that he genuinely wanted what was best for the American people unlike most politicians today.
What are you babbling about? Social Security is a huge success. Perhaps you missed the history of the Great Depression and the elderly dying from malnutrition?? Or the elderly getting Medicare...you might want to actually talk to someone who is over 75 and ask them if they'd like those programs taken away.
No, my friend: He would not have sung a different tune, because great men do not founder, shy, and dispense with great ideas for fear that mediocre men can or will continue to foil those ideas--because they are great men, and they know that indefatigable courage, integrity, and dedication--even in failure against ignorance, greed, and sabotage, in the cause of righteousness... is still the honorable course. It is the only course.
Social Security is NOT a mess, it has saved the lives of many. Health care is just advancing further and needs a little time to refine it's self. In time it will be wonderful. Just give it some time.
Carl: I completely disagree. Truly great men have the wisdom to heed the advice of others and the ability to compromise and to bring people with different viewpoints into agreement with one another. A man who presses on towards a goal in complete disregard of the opinions of others is not great in any way. He is merely a selfish, stubborn, foolish sociopath.
SS has caused a mess? Medicare was Kennedy's idea Johnson got it through. Talk to anyone who has it. Try and take it from them. These old T-baggers all say NO socialized medicine, but what the hell do you think Medicare is and what is Social Security? They ALL have it, and would probably all be living in a ditch and sick if they didn't have it.
He had a genuinely patrician countenance and demeanor, yet not patriarchal, thus allowing for access to his progressive, optimist's views and visions, One could derive a sense of safety and confidence as takeaways when he spoke, and attempted to follow through the precarious minefields of political government.
Actually, he wasn't reading from a teleprompter as such a thing had yet to be invented. JFK was speaking from his personal notes. JFK would rehearse and memorize his speech, occasionally referring to his notes. JFK was an amazing orator, always appearing as if he was speaking extemporaneously.
My father had a statue of JFK on his desk. We were never allowed to touch it as kids. My father loved this man, this speech right here is one of the reasons why.
I have a statue of President Kennedy on my table. I was 8 years old when he was killed. I will never forget. When l was little l listen to his speeches.
Thanks for your wonderful words , I love him so much . So mercy on him
I saw how his son said bye for him full of respect in his son's sight . And his friends showed his great value mercy and bless on him
Your father's a good man
So sad you couldn't touch it.
You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone...
Brilliant man, what a loss to us all...
Great loss. The day we lost Kennedy we lost our country.
Luis Tijero we still had hope, with Bobby. Then that was taken away as well.
The systemic poison that took the Kennedys, that moved King Jr., Fred Hampton, and the thousands of beautiful minds with their dreams and hopes - into the history books well before their time, is the same systemic poison blocking a nation of the people, for the people, and by the people that props-up the insanely few wealthy into a separate reality of their own exclusive wealth validating their existence as false gods of money and greed.
We need Democratic Socialism now as we needed it then, as Kennedy knew and worked to install for all of us, and died from the same poison of the same system that continues to poison America - a rampant and unregulated Capitalism that places itself above all life and morals.
Well said,President Kennedy was one of the last true "statesman"the world has ever known,sadly missed at this address,,what might have been..rest easy Mr.President..🇺🇸
The people knew what we had everyone loves Kennedy
JFK speeches should be viewed by every President....persuasive, logical, understandable, hits opposition in ways we can understand, with a knowledge of subject matter, focused, from the heart.
Bernie is pretty close. I was 9 years old when this event happened.
@@ritabutler1951 Agreed. Bernie definitely has a different communication style from JFK but the heart of Bernie Sanders cannot be questioned any honest individual.
I cannot speak of the heart of an individual, but Barack Obama's speeches were easy to listen to. His intelligence and humor came through. Excellent speaker.
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As Jackie said: "All his bright light gone from the world" I can only imagine how much better off we all could have been had he been allowed to live a full life.
Agreed, right about health care that's where I am liberal
And it's been a darker scarier place even since.
@@sterlingpless4335 With me, it was also civil rights. Think of all of the military and civilian lives that would have been saved because he wanted peace and not go to war in Vietnam. My mom only voted in one Presidential election. JFK.
@@captaincarl8230 Yeah right choice one of the only Presidents in this country who really stood up for the country and cared about people
@@captaincarl8230 Yeah and also if politicians really cared about people they would care about the domestic and policies in this country that would help improve the lives of people who have tough uphill climbs shoot JFKS message was ahead of his time he wanted universal health care coverage...
I wish a politician of today would fight for people this way. Nothing but admiration for him and his politics. A true leader and speaker. Lately, more than ever, I feel how much our nation missed out on with his loss. He is still missed all these years later. That says a lot about a person.
How could we have fallen so far in 55 years?
Good Men Doing Nothing.
Timothy Hughes -Neo-libertarianism and ‘reality’ tv shows.
Ronald Reagan and followers, Rush Limbaugh, Fox News, others assorted, Bill Clinton being for NAFTA and destroying the social welfare system, that arrogant dolt George W. Bush, etc.
Timothy Hughs. Carrot and stick planet control. Or sometimes carrot last. Punishment followed by reward. Dog training. The only thing keeping it going is slow subtle torture.
A presidential assasination, the Vietnam war, hippy and drugs, economic turmoil of the 1970’s led to women being pushed into the workforce at record levels, the 80’s 90’s and 2000’s have just kept what the 60’s and 70’s created on cruise control
This is what leadership looks like when you are leading the people of a country. All of the people, not just the top 1% or 10%. This is what empathy for ALL people look like.
Half a century later the US still lacks a comprehensive health care system. Some of you may say its socialist, however, we have had one in Australia for decades. Australia is not socialist but like many developed countries has a social conciousness Obamacare is not a national health system. You deserve better, and should demand it. If any one tells you its socialist, then challenge them. The most socialist act by the US was to bail out investment banks post GFC. An unparalleled socialist act. Yet these banks foreclosed on your own citizens. JFK was illuminating and his vision should be embraced. I believe he was your greatest president, and he had a good heart.
+m0nchichi I don't doubt your observations at all. It certainly places the spotlight on the rhetoric from the US presidential candidates, and their inability to understand the real issues facing the US such as improving education, national health for all, and decreasing the massive debt to GDP ratio.
+m0nchichi I agree with you that Trump is getting support because people are frustrated with the establishment. To migrate to Australia is not difficult if you meet the requirements of which one is to speak a specific level of Engljsh. You can migrate as a business immigrant if you bring around $250,000 in funds and start a business that empoys around 5 people. You really need to look at the Aust Gov web site to get exact details. Yes Australia is known a the lucky country and it is for good reasons. I urge you to immigrate to arguably one of the best places in the world. I live in Melbourne, the worls's most liveable city by the bay.
+m0nchichi I wish you all the very best. I just noticed that the symbol for the Democrats is a stars and stripes donkey. Here in Australia the unintended vote is called a "donkey vote" . Maybe its a metaphor for Hilary via the super delegates. Either way there is no current prospective president that can measure up to JFK. I believe George Orwell was pretty perceptive and the the totalitarian US government has fooled its people with the concept of patriotism, the "last bastian of the scoundrel". Anyhow in three years migrate to Australia, and check out the best surf beaches in the world.
Perhaps however, with the rigging of the democratic nomination he should have stood up for what he began. He was no Bobby Kennedy and appeared to fold very easily. It begs the question : What if he challenged the nomination because of its illegitimacy?
+Ellen Kayman sounds inviting.
Amazing speech! after all these years America have not learned the good of having universal healthcare and allowed themselves to be fooled with private healthcare. Why should people go poor or broke over healthcare costs
Because conspiracy about healthy
Have monopoly in Medical And Pharmacy
JFK work for people's
Absolutely, and the cost of prescription drugs has escalated so much since then, that he didn't even mention it. We have to stop the greed of multi-million salaries and bonuses of CEO'S of pharmaceutical companies.
Brazil has SUS it’s a complete disaster
It’s based on the British model (which in Europe is the system where most people die in line)
Actually our country has the lowest life expectancy with the highest medical costs. Don't fall for crony capitalist propaganda.
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It is clear to see why this man was an inspiration to his generation and how he captured the imagination of the world. His charisma, intelligence, and humanity are magnetic- even more than half a century after his passing. I am not an American, but I bemoan the current surrealism in U.S. public life. Rest In Peace, Mr. President.
Thank you for posting this, one of JFK's very finest momens.. It may sound a bit odd to a younger person reading this comment but I was 11 when President Kennedy died and in a small but always present corner of my heart I've never gotten over it. I'm sure I'm not the only grey haired baby boomer who was brought to tears by this clip. Thank You, Mr. President.
Your comment epitomizing decency, class, kindness.
edfou5 Indeed!!
No shame in those tears! This 36 year old, brown haired man...soon to be gray I'm sure, teared up a little bit myself if I'm being completely honest.
I’m a millennial and see his greatness. His life was not in vain.
Just watching this you would know that this man wouldn't live long, for one he was fair, made sense, made you think ECT captivating along with Malcolm, martin, if you move masses you die
THIS is what a President of the United States sounds and looks like.
Yes.I am ashamed to have lived so long and observed what occurs now.You said it all ,road Rules.
That's right !
That's right: the president doesn't look like a bitch.
They do not make democrats like the used to.
Yes, it is!
Great speech, as true today as it was in 1962.
+Jeff Allcock amazing how lil' progress we have made.... and greedy unfettered capitalism right in the center of it... amazin how bought us congress is.... time to take our country back !
+Jeff Allcock ... exactly what we hear from Senator Sanders.
+Samantha30090 We already have medicare and Medicaid and guaranteed treatment for citizens and non citizens alike at emergency rooms all paid by the working population.
Medicare and Medicaid recipients are generally either disabled or elderly. The working population, or anyone who earns their money honestly and above-board, pay into the system while they're working, and can draw on it if they can't work anymore or have retired from a lifetime of work. Study after study has proven that people who get regular medical attention, via private insurance or Medicare or Medicaid, are less apt to use emergency rooms than people with no coverage whatsoever.
+James Morgan news flash.....you still get bill from the ER.....
"And we're all going to be in a hospital, 9 out of 1O of us, before we finally ... pass away". Curious break in his voice before the last two words, as if he knew he'd be one of the nine to die in a hospital, or recalled the many times he was near-death in a hospital. Whatever may be the case, the man's compassion shines through.
Actually, I think it may have had more to do with his dying father in a hospital. No matter what, he understood and more importantly, he had compassion. Something sorely lacking in our politicians today.
Also his older brother died in combat the WWII and his older sister died a plane crash shortly thereafter...
Classic Kennedy, straight to the heart of the moral center.
Yes JFK speak by heart not just mouth but he represent justice for the people's
You would never know by listening to this speech that Kennedy came from a patrician background. He was speaking from his heart in this address - you hardly saw him looking at his notes, and there were no glass teleprompters then as they are today. He was speaking extemporaneously for most of this speech. We see in this a man who was always well informed and committed to the ideals he laid out in his inaugural address.
When the President of the United States meant something.
I was at this speech
You were indeed fortunate! I would like to know more.Did you have an opportunity to speak with President Kennedy?
👍I'm so jealous!
How old were you?
I was born the next year. Ma told me, years later, that after his assassination, was the first time she saw my dad cry. I can see why.
Can you explain the energy he gave off?
At the time of his speech we were 30 years behind Great Britain on healthcare for the people. Now it is 58 years later and we are now 88 years behind. Don’t tell me the U.S. is the greatest nation in the world!
"A dollah and a quartah." "At least haulf of the mail...." "The effit it takes to accomplish...." Love that accent.
BG Meadows the New England/Boston accent.
Impressive speech. Too bad we have no one like that today!
We do now. Bobby Kennedy Jr. The Dems now are not like Jack and Bobby Sr. were.
Good Lord - there is not one modern day so called politician who comes even remotely close to JFK's ability to speak to the people with the conviction and civic responsibility of this great President.
Very accurate - He never made "promises" to the American people as much as he "challenged" them to engage in change - our civic responsibility.
I’d argue Bernie Sanders speaks with such conviction and civic responsibility. Watching this then flipping to a Bernie rally you get the sense that Bernie was very much inspired by this great president JFK.
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John Kennedy and Sanders. are ; IN FACT; 180 degrees counter opposite. One believed in the Constitution of the United States; the other absolutely DESPISES IT. I'll let you make the call as too which one is which.
@@roadrules3671 lmao you hack
@@roadrules3671 What president tried to overthrow the results of the last election?
THIS MAN WAS A NATURAL LEADER
My favorite US President: JFK.
My favorite is Lincoln, but Kennedy was the greatest President of the 20th Century....haven't had a good Democrat since...and the way it looks with Dumbocrats...we never will again
@@ITILII, we could say pretty much the same thing about Republican Presidents, especially the one we have now.
JFK, FDR, Lincoln
David, thanks for making the tapes of JFK available. Nice to be reminded of what a real president is like.
Every time I see this greatest president since Jefferson speak...when I hear from his incredible mind, always talking about health care and talking of peace in the world...He, who suffered so much in the war and in life, after over 55 years of our govt people and others killing him...I still weep because he never lived long enough to do the great things he intended. I pray this magnificent man is full of joy with our God and the Lord Jesus.
I find JFK to be a mesmerizing public speaker. It's all the more remarkable because his many biographers almost unanimously describe him as an introvert.
+Yarbroughr Its so true. His delivery, the words he chooses to emphasize - unlike most politicians he was not a boring speaker. Most political figures bore me - but not JFK. Some politicians speak too slow, but he spoke at the right pace, He had a great speech writer too, but he edited all of his speeches, and he clearly did a brilliant editing job.
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Not withstanding his personal life, the man was a real leader. We are fortunate someone like Kennedy was president in the precarious year of 1962.
@@annahale1187 You are right. Young people are dramatizing idiots. Someone told them they know what they're doing. And gave them social and political leverage. Who?
I am in Ireland , I am profoundly moved never heard this speech . We never gotten over his Robert and Jonh jnr Death's . America's last Great President . RIP
JFK understood the struggles of the ordinary people. He donated his salary to charity. He is the last president that truly cared about this country and wanted it to be a country that others could look up to as an example of what was possible.
Thank you.
Not fair to Lyndon Johnson or Jimmy Carter.
LBJ is trash
This is the only President that truly! Cared he would be very disappointed not enough strong enough word!! In the way this world turned out it sad 😔 he believed he was standing up for us! To bad we don't have him now!!
It's shocking how relevant many of the issues America faced then and that JFK mentioned are still relevant today and still unsolved.
"The business of governement is the business of the people" > Truer words where never spoken.
What a great, great man. We need someone like this again - right now, in fact.
Bernie Sanders is that man
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RFK Jr 2024
What a lightening speaker.
No "teleprompters?" Holy shit with this man. That my friends is one serious citizen.
An immeasurable loss which profoundly reverberates through to today.
Kennedy had health issues , he knew that if he hadn't grown up privileged , he too would be facing a financial burden that nobody should have to carry just to stay alive ...all of his speeches are memorable , but this one has always stayed with me ..
Live, without a teleprompter: an almost lost art.
Wow, what a perfect example of why
JFK was such an effective speaker.
He meshes the core details of the
issues with common sense applications
in the lives of the audience.
His energy and forthrightness allow
and welcome the participation of
the audience in a shared venture.
When the person at the top is doing
their best, great things can happen!
"I can't imagine anything worse or anything better to sap someone's self-esteem than to be sick, alone, broke; or to have saved for a lifetime and put it out in a week or two weeks, a month or two months..."
These words have an added poignancy when you recall that Kennedy spent much of his life sick, in hospital rooms, as a rich man's son ---far from being alone, let alone broke --- and had a crippled father who needed around-the-clock care, and was lucky enough (rich enough) to afford private care. But, as he says, his father can pay for it, unlike most Americans, who should have the same access to state-provided, quality health care.
My friend, the reason Britain's health care has become a debacle is because the Tories keep slashing and downsizing it. The City of London itself could, if fairly taxed, comfortably fund the NHS year in and year out; but the British government has other priorities. To quote JFK again, "To govern is to choose".
I have come to understand that - oh so COMPLETELY and watched this selfish country bleed all from me and the let me have to ask Narcissistic family for help and waste 9 years of my life -
Yes - I agree w you and I miss this man
Those who have "contributed during their working years." They contributed to the capitalist cause and we must take care of them. However, It is not the duty of the working people to be taxed and sacrifice the quality of their own lives in order to support the weak and lazy. This is about providing aid to those who absolutely need it. If you want free handouts, then you deserve to have nothing. If your job isn't paying you well, then get a new job or get an education. If not, then you should suffer the consequences of your own failures instead of relying on the taxpayers.
+Ja Quelin' Your day is coming you Ayn Rand scumbag.
JFK makes it clear in his speech that he isn't talking about the poor but about working people overwhelmed by the cost of health care. Even working people, who've contributed, as you say, to the 'capitalist cause'---whatever that means--- can be bankrupted and robbed of their human dignity by illness.
+Ja Quelin' There will always be someone who needs to do those so called lowest jobs, why do their lives deserve to be shit? Even if every single person in the country got educated and worked hard for a specialist job that would only mean immigrants are green carded to fill those positions, why do you want their lives to be shit? A system where someone must always lose is not at all a necessity. Do you not fucking understand how many times the wealth of the world has multiplied at this point? Nobody needs to lose everything just because they are stricken by illness in an area with poor nutrition and hygiene. you're a nasty fucker tbh.
Those were the days, and i came in this world 17 years later. President Kennedy was THE MAN 💟
JFK speech always live in our heart because idea can't die
He Kennedy very Good president for USA but he die By conspiracy assassination
And We the next generation have responsibilities for Keeping fight for The truth
He is greatly missed, he was ahead of his time
Excellent speech. One of the best presidents of USA.
JFK's finest and most honest moment.
He was too real for America, we can’t handle realness, we like to be bull shitted
Unquestionably the greatest POTUS in my 68 years of living, this man loved America, and it's ppl, the future he planned for this country would have enriched Americans beyond their wildest dreams, that ended in Dallas November 22, 1963.
No teleprompter for JFK!
I forgot how a president sound like now and days..I'm like thank god for Technology we can see the old days in Politics to zoom view it on TH-cam. JFK was a real president
and until this day and age...Hes still not forgotten.
I was still in grade school when he was president so did not get to hear any of his speeches. Now I know how really progressive he was and would be considered to be even today like Bernie. He would be about 105 years old today if he were alive.
I miss having a president Who had what it took to actually lead this country.
Outstanding. What a president.We need a leader like that now!
You’re the same dude who does the old-time radio channel! Cool! I love these full broadcasts where it doesn’t just go right into the speech, but you get to hear the lead in. My mother loved this guy so much. We were at Arlington when I was 10 and we had to literally run to go to his grave, and when we got there, it was the most peaceful feeling that I have ever experienced in my life.
This speech is too real. This shit touched my heart
And it could be played today for the same reasons for the lack of universal healthcare.
And should be. As the same tired arguments that are propounded against such a system that exists in every industrialized nation even among the most poorest who have now cultivated from our collapsing empire a tourism, a medical tourism to undergo operations or buy medicines that would otherwise un-affordable in their own country, the US, often even with so called health insurance.
It demonstrates the emptiness of their arguments, the hollowness of their words, the utter putrid lies, the feign for care when their real concern is profits and only profits.
All one needs to do is play snippets of this speech in a campaign ad, and end it with text "60 years later, let us at last finally finish the work we have before us."
November 22 , 1963. The day America died.
With all the changes in healthcare it’s important to remember the foundation of such a crucial program that many Americans rely on. Very educational and powerful speech. Thank you for sharing this. Truly believe this needs to go viral.
15:16 he was cracking up at his own joke lol I love this man
What an amazingly passionate spirit this wonderful man had that was able to clearly speak about what the common man needed! He spoke in a way that all could understand without causing anyone to feel stupid.
The last great American President! Hopefully our current President will accomplish an equally amazing legacy!
Republicans opposed Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare and every progressive action that has helped improve the quality of life for the average American. It's no different in 2019 than it was in 1962.
@J P you lost the argument the moment you resorted to using an insult. You only need to rely on insults when your facts, logic, and powers of persuasion can't get the job done. The last time I checked there's no law that says only Republicans pay for social programs. In fact, it's the the Republican states take the lion's share of welfare benefits.
Unlike your fact-free assault against reality, the article linked below is loaded with facts that backs up what I said. Can you handle the truth, or will it be too terrifying to deal with since it destroys the ignorance you cling to like a warm blanket? www.apnews.com/2f83c72de1bd440d92cdbc0d3b6bc08c
All you have is ignorance and venom, which is why your party has descended into complete madness and stupidity, and will soon be voted out of power permanently.
Yes, indeed, President Kennedy’s talk seems completely extemporaneous. It’s deeply felt, passionate and completely on point. I cannot help but contrast this dynamic and committed leadership with what we have an incredible fifty-six years later. Road Rules hit the nail right on the head. So did Mr. Levin. And so did Ms. Kayman. “The business of government is the business of the people”. History will, and I think already is, look with favor on JFK.
'When there is no vision, the people perish.'
저 때 당시에 있던 수많은 군중속에는 약 10~17년전 아들의 죽음을 받아들이고 슬퍼했었을 부모들이 많이 있었을 것이다. 정말 감동적이다.
Yes I was not born during his time as president but I agree with him all the way. He was the best president and representing what American people should be like. now our health care is going down the drain. Its sad. In hopes American can pull through. cause now we are far from equal and put into types of income groups and the world is not free anymore and were going through a depression. were stuck in crisis.
Yes JFK died by conspiracy
But he's effort and Idea never die until The end of the day
He same like Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson
Because care about People's and have good heart
Viva JFK my favorite president!! Hope one day I can give a speech like this.
GIVE IT!
God bless you! I hope you have given a speech as you wish!
Now that does not seem like such an extraoadinary piece of legislation twenty-five years after Franklin Roosevelt passed the Social Security Act!
Yes He extraordinary
But he died by conspiracy
But he's idea and Work never unforgettable for USA citizen
He was mesmerizing
WOW ! What might have been..
John F. Kennedy had a vision of socialized medicine and socialized healthcare in the US, an idea well along its way in Europe and in other places around the world, including here in Israel, at that time.
And Mitch Miller. Wow! What spirit! You just don’t see this anymore.
I LOVED President Kennedy and I will never ever, EVER get over how someone could ever take the life of a person like that; a person who made everybody feel so good. Jack Ruby loved him and thought he was the greatest man to have ever lived: past or present.
The mobster did no such thing.
Well Done Bravo!!
How much does a superbowl ad cost? I'd kick in for a spot edited from this speech in that time slot.
If you've seen this video you know why he was murdered.
I gotta say he truly is the GOAT by a large margin, no contest
Wow, JFK was brilliant. And he had no fear of deficits either. Universal heath insurance as an extension of SSA.
Exactly spot on
JFK actually cut the national deficit while giving the middle class a tax cut. As always, Democrats manage the economy. Republicans ruin it.
JFK was right.
Health should be removed from the capitalist system.
Because people don't get sick because of they're bored.
Therefore, health should be free for every citizen. This is the most basic and most humanistic right.
Except for aesthetic surgery.
The capitalist system should be removed from health care.
The last real president.
The profits of pharma and private insurance companies have no business at the table when deciding health care for all, education for all and social security for all... get the profit out it and get it done... of course, tax everyone (yes the rich too) to pay for it... simple system that works for all...
You sound like a Communist.
+A “AST” James.S communists are revolutionary and militant by nature. this guy doesn't seem to be violent. If anything he seems socialist.
How about Obama Care healthy program?
Also i am English we pay £8 for a prescription and get dental care health care for free and can choose any doctor or dentist we want 7 find it crazy that the most powerful and richest country on earth America (hard working people ) can go bankrupt if they get cancer disgusting greedy cooperations
We don't get dental health care for free, unless you're unemployed or on some other kind of benefit. It can take months to get an NHS dentist too. The NHS is a service to be proud of, however its being deliberatly underfunded so the big fat cats can get their hands on it when it "falls apart". What's sad is that as a nation we just watch it unravel, only to complain when it's gone. Then is too late
David, write his name in in November. I'm considering it given choices we have in 2016. Because, I was born in mid October 1942. That means the following. You had to be 21 to vote back then. I graduated fm high school in 1960, I was 17, turned 18 in mid October. Three years later I turned 21 mid October..... 1963. I went to City Hall to register to vote for the first time.... for Jack Kennedy's re-election the following November, of 1964. But, 5 weeks later he went to Dallas, Texas. I remember hesitating in 1964, then reached for the lever for Johnson, then dropping my head with an ache in my stomach. BTW, speaking of Dallas Texas. On 50th anniversary of his death, 2013, C-SPAN interviewed the authors of a new book, Dallas 1963. It's not about the assassination. It's about that city at the time, the dark, poisonous atmosphere that had growing and festering with twisted hatred.
A man who actually cared about the people of this nation. Imagine. Why was he taken from us?
Certain people were jealous.
While certain Tea Party politicians have used the cutting of funding to Medicare & the Affordable Heal Care Act (I have specific reservations about the ACA specifically, however.), when you talk to citizens on the ground, some social programs actually help Americans a great deal.
The majority of debt and spending has come in the way of military spending and special corporate tax breaks, subsidies--exactly what Eisenhower warned us about, the Military Industrial Complex. However, I've gone a step further and name it the Medical Military Industrial Complex: fascism.
Simply, When people are healthy, they work longer and more efficiently and have more money to spend; why not intelligently support a comprehensive system accessible to everyone? It leads to economic growth.
Any educated economist will tell you blatantly that GDP growth is substantially predicated on consumer spending. If all our money goes to healthcare, and health insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies can charge obscene amounts and generate more money, of course the medical free market economy is against the government putting capital limits on health care providers and the amount they can charge for care. Doctors deserve the greatest reward but seldom reap the profits due to a bloated administration.
Compare this health care speech to that of Trump's! Oh God, how America has fallen...sad :(
You can't compare that ass hole to President Kennedy. I remember Jack Kennedy.
Trust the process trump2020
Trump is no Kennedy, but he is the best we had to choose from at the time and has kept more promises than any president in history
ze d what process? What the fuck has he done? Fuck trump and you’re a fool to support that lying dumbass
Kitty, you said a mouth full. That’s all i have to say. Say it again for the whole world to hear!!
My favorite JFK speech.💙Thanks for sharing.
Can see why they call Kennedy a once in a lifetime charismatic President. He's often caricatured as a Mayor Quimby type, but for all his flaws the guy could sell his policies to the country. Certainly don't often hear Presidents who sound as passionate as he does making this speech.
Great words from generous spirit
Great channel. Thanks for making these speeches and interviews easily available.
I think the announcer at the beginning is the same guy who did Detroit Tigers on the radio for many years, back in the day. Paul Harvey (I think)? He was a really popular, well-liked guy for decades around Detroit. History all over the shop.
JFK never die
The idea never die and he's effort
Now people's must continue the good work
I love JFK but if he could see the mess that Social Security and government healthcare have become he probably would be singing a different tune. But his passion on this issue illustrates what made him so great, the fact that he genuinely wanted what was best for the American people unlike most politicians today.
What are you babbling about? Social Security is a huge success. Perhaps you missed the history of the Great Depression and the elderly dying from malnutrition?? Or the elderly getting Medicare...you might want to actually talk to someone who is over 75 and ask them if they'd like those programs taken away.
No, my friend: He would not have sung a different tune, because great men do not founder, shy, and dispense with great ideas for fear that mediocre men can or will continue to foil those ideas--because they are great men, and they know that indefatigable courage, integrity, and dedication--even in failure against ignorance, greed, and sabotage, in the cause of righteousness... is still the honorable course. It is the only course.
Social Security is NOT a mess, it has saved the lives of many. Health care is just advancing further and needs a little time to refine it's self. In time it will be wonderful. Just give it some time.
Carl: I completely disagree. Truly great men have the wisdom to heed the advice of others and the ability to compromise and to bring people with different viewpoints into agreement with one another. A man who presses on towards a goal in complete disregard of the opinions of others is not great in any way. He is merely a selfish, stubborn, foolish sociopath.
SS has caused a mess? Medicare was Kennedy's idea Johnson got it through. Talk to anyone who has it. Try and take it from them.
These old T-baggers all say NO socialized medicine, but what the hell do you think Medicare is and what is Social Security? They ALL have it, and would probably all be living in a ditch and sick if they didn't have it.
This man is great and tried to warn us about the evil one seek to kill us
+Cory Orsborn Not sure what you mean about the evil one, but your photo is hot
KENNEDY WAS SUNSHINE AND FRESH AIR! ADOPT HIS WAY OF THINKING AND AMERICA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN!!
Set the bar pretty high.
I was very young when he was President, but he was "FOR THE PEOPLE." Isn't that what it's supposed to be?
He had a genuinely patrician countenance and demeanor, yet not patriarchal, thus allowing for access to his progressive, optimist's views and visions, One could derive a sense of safety and confidence as takeaways when he spoke, and attempted to follow through the precarious minefields of political government.
Jfk is my best man and the president was brave not fearing what he was expected because lions does scars from their enemies’ RIP DEAR
JFK idea and Effort never die!
And the people's have responsibilities for continued he's good works
I assume he is referring to Medicare/Medicaid, which later passed under LBJ?
Our greatest Presidents
Washington
Jefferson
Lincoln
FDR
Kennedy
Obama
Does not look like he is reading from a teleprompter.
JFK is very intelligent and Brave
Because He very care about the People's
Actually, he wasn't reading from a teleprompter as such a thing had yet to be invented. JFK was speaking from his personal notes. JFK would rehearse and memorize his speech, occasionally referring to his notes. JFK was an amazing orator, always appearing as if he was speaking extemporaneously.
@@huascar66 LBJ was the first president to use a teleprompter. Check out his 64 convention speech.
What an amazing leader he was. Fantastic speech.
Wow; Mitch Miller conducting the orchestra!
I wonder if his life-long poor health played a role in these views