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John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s Power of Words
By
Samuel Caspers
Smith
Speech
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s Power of Words
“And so my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you ask what you
can do for your country.” That statement has inspired and changed people forever. 35th
President of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, has used this statement and many other
speeches and addresses to persuade, inspire, and change people because of his powerful oratory
and leadership skills.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29th, 1917 during World War 1. Growing up
as the second son of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald on 83 Beals Street, Brookline,
Massachusetts, he was surrounded by expectations. His grandfather John Fitzgerald was a well
known political figure as Boston’s mayor and a 3term Congressman. JFK, as a young Catholic
boy was sent to many private schools. He was noticeably ill most of the time growing up with an
appendectomy, colitis, and an emergency hospitalization. After attending Harvard for college
graduating with a Bachelors in Political Science, he served as an Ensign in the offices of the
Secretary of the Navy in September of 1940. During World War 2, JFK commanded Patrol
Boats in the Pacific Theatre with many commendations. After the war, Kennedy ran for one of
the Massachusetts House of Representatives member after his brother Joe died in Operation
Aphrodite. In the 1952 Senate election, Kennedy defeated the Republican Henry Cabot Lodge,
Jr. Again JFK’s illness was getting him. During the next 2 years, Kennedy underwent multiple
spinal operations. But not even his medical condition would slow down Kennedy’s rise to
power. In 1957, he wrote with copublishment of Ted Sorensen,
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