THE WORDS WE SHALL ALWAYS REMEMBER: LET US NEVER NEGOTIATE OUT OF FEAR. BUT LET US NEVER FEAR TO NEGOTIATE... AND SO, MY FELLOW AMERICANS: ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU -- ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY... 'EXCEPT THE LORD KEEP THE CITY, THE WATCHMAN WAKETH BUT IN VAIN...
WE REMEMBER, TOO, A MAN, A HUSBAND, AND FATHER WHO GUARDED HIS FAMILY FROM THE HOT LIGHT OF PUBLIC ATTENTION, WHO FOUND TIME AMID THE CARES OF STATE TO PLAY WITH HIS SMALL SON AND GROWING DAUGHTER. WE REMEMBER A PRESIDENT WHO DISCOVERED, IN THE NATIONS MOST POWERFUL OFFICE, THE BURDEN AND THE GLORY OF SERVICE, AND WHO FORGED HIS OWN PROFILE IN COURAGE.
BUT MOST OF ALL, AS TIME REMOVES US EVER FARTHER FROM THE EVENTS OF HIS ABRUPTLY-ENDED LIFE, WE REMEMBER HIS WORDS. WRITES HIS BROTHER, ROBERT F. KENNEDY, IN THE FOREWORD TO THIS BOOK, "HERE ARE THE TONES OF THOSE STRUGGLES... WHOSE ECHOS MOVE US STILL." HERE ALSO ARE MOMENTS OF JOHN F. KENNEDY'S FLASHING WIT, MOMENTS OF PATRIOTIC ELOQUENCE, MOMENTS OF REVERENT HUMILITY. THEY ILLUMINE THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES OF A UNIQUE PRESIDENT. THEY DRAMATIZE A STYLE OF LIFE THAT AMERICA FOUND APPEALING AND INSPIRING, A STYLE SOME CALLED "GRACE UNDER PRESSURE." AND THEY MOVE US WITH THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMMUNITY OF ALL MEN'S LIVES UNDER GOD: FOR... OUR MOST BASIC COMMON LINK IS THAT WE ALL INHABIT THIS PLANET. WE ALL BREATHE THE SAME AIR. WE ALL CHERISH OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE. AND WE ARE ALL MORTAL.
JOHN F. KENNEDY: WORDS TO REMEMBER IS A BOOK TO TREASURE AND SHARE.
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I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW THINGS, I CAN SEE FROM THIS BOOK WHAT AN ELOQUENT SPEAKER OF WORDS MY FATHER WAS, I SO MISSED SO MUCH BY NOT GETTING TO KNOW HIM, HIM BEING TAKEN FROM US ALL. WHAT A WONDERFUL FATHER I HAVE, SOMEDAY, I WILL JOIN HIM IN HEAVEN, BUT I SURE MISSED OUT ON A LOT OF LOVE, YET I KNOW HE ALREADY LOVED ME THANKS TO UNCLE ROBERT, HE SO PLANNED, PREPARED, AND OVERSEEN ALL WITH MUCH CARE AND LOVE. HE WAS A PLANNER, ONE WHO THOUGHT ABOUT MUCH. HE DID SO MUCH GOOD ALL AROUND. I LOVE HIM.
FOREVER AND EVER
THE YOUNGEST BIO DAUGHTER OF J.F.K.
DEBBIE KIM KENNEDY
03/19/2022
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