Source: The Speeches of President John F. Kennedy

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President Kennedy’s Remarks at the Rudolph Wilde Platz, Berlin, June 26, 1963

President Kennedy’s Remarks at the Rudolph Wilde Platz, Berlin, June 26, 1963

President Kennedy arrived in Berlin on June 26, 1963, following appearances in Bonn, Cologne and Frankfurt. In Berlin, an immense crowd of 120,000 Berliners gathered in the Rudolph Wilde Platz near the Berlin Wall to listen to hear President Kennedy speak. They began gathering in the square long before he was due to arrive, and when President Kennedy finally appeared on the podium after having made a visit to Checkpoint Charlie at the Berlin Wall, they gave him an ovation of several minutes.

Audio|Mon, 16 Jun 2008
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“…than twenty years before and been engaged in a quest for world conquest on the -- to ship. The panel that following Germany's defeat in the Second World War the country had been divided in half. With east Germany under Soviet control and west Germany becoming a democratic nation. East west Germany soon became the focus of growing political tensions between the two -- superpowers the United States in the Soviet Union. . -- former capital of that was right became the political hot spot in this new Cold War although the city was located …”

JFK's Speech on the Responsibilities of Citizenship, May 18, 1963

JFK's Speech on the Responsibilities of Citizenship, May 18, 1963

In a spirited and eloquent speech before an estimated crowd of 30,000 people in the stadium at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee on May 18, 1963, President Kennedy reminded his listeners that it falls to the educated man to assume the greater obligations of citizenship—for the pursuit of learning, to serve the public and to uphold the law.

Audio|Wed, 14 May 2008
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“…State. Kordell how the the father reciprocal trade. The grandfather of the United Nations. . The secretary of state who presided over the transformation. All of this nation from a life of isolation and almost indifference. Through …”

“…cannot believe that all of this was undertaken. Near -- again this school's graduate. . And economic advantage in the life struggle. Every man stand out from the university at professor Woodrow Wilson. Every man and out …”

JFK's "City Upon a Hill" Speech

JFK's "City Upon a Hill" Speech

Address of President-Elect John F. Kennedy Delivered to a Joint Convention of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at The State House, Boston, January 9, 1961. In the speech, which would later become known as “The City Upon a Hill” speech, Kennedy paid tribute to the early role Massachusetts played in creating a republic – he thanked the citizens of Massachusetts for a lifetime of friendship and trust -- and he laid out the four essential qualities that he hoped would characterize his government: courage, judgment, integrity and dedication.

Audio|Tue, 29 Apr 2008
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“…final formal public address. Before assuming the office of president of the United States. . His speech was brief. Graceful and in places eloquent. And it evoked the New England tradition as a basis tried by history -- true for success in US leadership. Coaching John Winthrop one of the early pilgrims Kennedy said we must always consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The …”

“…And through you the people of Massachusetts to whom I am so deeply indebted. . For a lifetime of friendship and trust for fourteen years. I placed my confidence in these citizens of Massachusetts and they had …”

JFK on America's Race to the Moon

JFK on America's Race to the Moon

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy urged Congress and the nation to “commit itself to achieving the goal, before the decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.” On September 12, 1962, President Kennedy delivered the following speech describing in greater detail his goals for the nation’s space effort before a crowd of 35,000 people in the football stadium at Rice University in Houston, Texas.

Audio|Fri, 14 Mar 2008
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“…make Vietnam yeah at Campbell in a New Delhi to -- velvet cape Canaveral. . That's all without warning that they didn't door -- but why it hasn't been blocked. And it long accumulate this veto within the last nineteen months. At least 45 satellite. That's circle the -- some forty of them were made in the United States of America. And they were Bobble and sophisticated and applied on the knowledge. For the people of the world than go to the Soviet Union but married okay. I'm married to paint -- acknowledged -- is the most intricate instrument. And they hit 389. The accuracy of that Scott. It's comparable to firing into -- from cape Canaveral and dropping it into the Canadian between the forty yard line. Stranded satellite to helping document cookie do stare at stake of …”

“…Kennedy became president in January 1961 Americans at the perception that the United States. . …”

JFK on the Importance of Arts and Poetry

JFK on the Importance of Arts and Poetry

In this speech delivered on October 26, 1963, before an estimated crowd of 10,000 people at the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Robert Frost Library at Amherst College in Massachusetts, President John F. Kennedy made clear the need for a nation to represent itself not only through its strength but also through its art. The event was one of President Kennedy's last public appearances.

Audio|Tue, 19 Feb 2008
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“…March 1962. Persons of eighteen years or older. Who had not completed high school. . Made up 46% of the total labor fought. And such persons comprised 64% of those who were unemployed. And in 1958 the lowest fifth of families in the United States. . At four and a half percent of the total personal income the highest fifth. 45 and a half percent. There is inherited …”

“…poetry empower and the significance of Robert frost and poetry with the United States and for the world. In -- thousand days of his administration president and mrs. Kennedy had sparked a revival of national interest …”

JFK Address to the United Nations General Assembly

JFK Address to the United Nations General Assembly

Address delivered by President John F. Kennedy to the United Nations General Assembly on September 25, 1961, one week after UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold had been killed in a plane crash in the Congo.

Audio|Tue, 15 Jan 2008
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“…on the real issues confronting the assembly and the world a stronger United Nations. . Disarmament and nuclear test ban corporation on how to space and economic development. And then to colonialism and recognition of Communist threats to peace over burrow in and southeast Asia. Working closely with the president the final draft of the speech was written and rewritten by Ted Sorenson over an intensive weekend at Hyannis -- With final revisions by the president made on route to New York in the evening before he was to deliver the address. The following day on September 25 1961 president Kennedy stood before the United Nations General Assembly in New York City and delivered the following address. Endorsing a complete and general disarmament and challenging the Soviet Union to a piece race. Mr. …”

“…the John F Kennedy presidential speech series. President Kennedy's address to the United Nations General Assembly in September 1961 was given. At a critical moment in the life of the party the most critical and his …”

JFK Address on the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, July 26, 1963

JFK Address on the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, July 26, 1963

On July 25, 1963, the Unites States, Soviet Union, and United Kingdom agreed to ban testing in the atmosphere, in space, and underwater. According to President Kennedy’s Special Counsel Ted Sorensen, “No other single accomplishment in the White House ever gave him greater satisfaction." On July 26, 1963, President Kennedy delivered the following radio and television address to the American people.

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“…between east and west settlement to a Cold War. Scientists in the United States great Britain and Soviet Union conducted tests and develop more powerful and -- nuclear weapons. . The scientists and the public gradually became aware of the dangers radioactive fallout. They began to raise their voices against nuclear testing. . In 1959. Radioactive deposits were found in wheat and milk in the northern United States. . Backed by growing public sentiment against nuclear testing leaders and diplomats of several countries sought to address the issue. In November in 1958 the Soviet Union and the United States suspended nuclear tests. Moratorium that lasted until 1961. John F Kennedy has supported a ban on nuclear weapons testing since 1956 the leaving a ban would prevent other countries from obtaining nuclear weapons. . He took a strong stand on the issue in the 1960 presidential campaign. Once elected. President Kennedy pledged not to resume testing …”

“…next three months -- conducted 31 nuclear tests. It exploded the largest nuclear bomb in history -- megatons 4000 times more powerful -- the bomb dropped on a Russian. Discouraged and dismayed by the Soviet tennis president Kennedy pursued diplomatic efforts before allowing renewed testing by the United States. . Following the peaceful resolution of the Cuban missile crisis in October 1962. President Kennedy and premier Khrushchev so to reduce tensions between …”

JFK on the Separation of Church and State

JFK on the Separation of Church and State

Adress delivered by John F. Kennedy, 1960 Democratic Presidential nominee and Irish-Catholic American, to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association on the subject of separation of church and state, Houston, Texas, September 12, 1960.

Audio|Wed, 14 Nov 2007
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“…had been a minority in the 13 colonies that eventually became the United States. . Not until significant numbers of Catholics began immigrating to the United States in the mid 19 century in anti catholicism emerge as a potent an ugly political and social phenomenon. Although Irish Catholics began to play a major role in local and state politics and the -- 19 century. The first Catholic to seek national office was a popular governor of New York. . Alfred E Smith who was the democratic nominee for president in 1920. Anti Catholic prejudice the fear that a Catholic president would …”

“…foreign potent team in the great office of the president of the United States. . -- defeat to the polls seem to foreclose a Catholic from seeking the White House. Until John F Kennedy captured the Democrat …”

JFK Televised Address on Cuban Missile Crisis

JFK Televised Address on Cuban Missile Crisis

Radio and Television Report on the Soviet Arms Buildup in Cuba and the imposition of a Naval quarantine of Cuba delivered by President John F. Kennedy on October 22, 1962.

Audio|Mon, 22 Oct 2007
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“…Including ongoing installation of offensive nuclear missiles. Inform the people of the united states of the quarantine placed around Cuba by the US navy. The president stated that any nuclear missile launch from Cuba would be regarded as an attack on the United States by the Soviet Union and demanded that the Soviets remove all of their offensive weapons from Cuba. The Cuban missile crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. United States armed forces were at their highest state redness ever more than 100000 troops deployed to Florida for a possible invasion of Cuba. Additional naval vessels were ordered to the Caribbean. B 50 twos loaded with a nuclear weapons were in the air at all times. And Soviet field commanders in Cuba were prepared to use battlefield nuclear weapons to defend the island if it was invaded. -- 13 days the world waited hoping for a peaceful resolution to the crisis. No one was sure how to Soviet leader would respond to the naval blockade and US demands. Recognizing the devastating possibility of a nuclear war Khrushchev turned his ships back. The Soviets agreed to dismantle the weapons sites in exchange the United States agreed not to invade Cuba. In a separate unpublicized deal the US agreed to remove its nuclear missiles from Turkey. The following …”

“…of John Kennedy's presence. In 1962 Soviet Union was desperately behind the United States in the arms race. Soviet missiles were only powerful enough to be launched against Europe -- US missiles capable of striking the …”

Address to the Nation on the Civil Rights Crisis, June 11, 1963

Address to the Nation on the Civil Rights Crisis, June 11, 1963

Televised address delivered by President John F. Kennedy on the integration of the University of Alabama and the moral crisis faced by the nation as black Americans struggled for equal rights, June 11, 1963.

Audio|Wed, 12 Sep 2007
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“…be able to deliver a -- in time. President and his Attorney General brother Bobby discussed what he should say in an extemporaneous -- should note text be ready. Five minutes before Kennedy went on …”

“…on the university of Alabama. To carry out final and unequivocal but United States district caught on the northern district of Alabama. That are called for the admission of two clearly qualified young Alabama residents who …”

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