Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You But What You Can Do For Your Country Is An Example Of

Kennedy s inaugural address january 20 1961.

Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country is an example of. Regardless of the sales pitch by any government that you should not ask what your country can do for you if another country has a better offer it deserves your consideration. Ask if anyone knows a famous quote from kennedy s inaugural address. Jfk s famous words that inspired and formed me. We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom symbolizing an end as well as a beginning signifying renewal as well as change.

Ask not what your country can do for you my father paused the tape and asked me to repeat what i had just heard. Don t make me associate with non white people. Kennedy 1917 1963 was the 35th president of the united states an immensely popular leader who was assassinated before he completed his third year. Ask not what your country can do for you.

After students respond write the quote on a blackboard or chart paper. Civic duty civic responsibility inaugural address politics. However few people know that jkf s famous quote ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country has been warped its meaning dramatically altered. I was trying to remember the origination of the phrase ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country i m aware president john f.

Ask what you can do for your country john f. Kennedy was more conservative than democrats are today. Ask not what your country can do for you 1. Republicans today believe ask not what you can do for your country or anyone else.

Ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country. And so my fellow americans. Ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country. Ask what you can do for yourself gimme more tax breaks.

If your government takes its ownership of you further by stating that you should sacrifice yourself to it all the more reason to question whether you should remain there or look for a better offer elsewhere. Ask not what your country can do for you john f. The 100th anniversary of john f. Kennedy s birth has triggered multiple camelot retrospectives.

And so my fellow americans.