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JFK's SpeechesIn the fictional world of Saving Jackie K, the novel explores a scenario where JFK assassins botched their mission, killing First Lady Jackie Kennedy by mistake. This tragic outcome catapults the US into a chronic war with the Soviet Union. In real life, John F. Kennedy is remembered as a proponent of peace. As one of the most skilled orators of the twentieth century, he used his speeches to promote unity among the nation, challenge Americans to land a human on the moon, and improve Cold War enmity with the Soviets. President Kennedy's Inaugural AddressJanuary 20, 1961
President Kennedy's inaugural address is one of his most memorable and quoted speeches. In it, he calls on citizens to join together in the "struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself." He then rallies Americans with his classic "Ask not" entreaty:
Moon Speech at Rice University in HoustonSeptember 12, 1962
President John F. Kennedy delivers his iconic 'Moon Speech' at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Speaking from Rice Stadium, he declares that the United States intends to reach the moon before the end of the decade, and "become the world's leading space-faring nation."
UN Speech on Working Together
September 20, 1963
In a historic gesture, Kennedy proposes a joint expedition to the moon between the US and USSR, a bold move in the current climate of the ongoing Cold War between the nations. He famously asks, "Space offers no problems of sovereignty . . . Why, therefore, should man's first flight to the moon be a matter of national competition?"
"Ich Bin Ein Berliner"Remarks in Berlin, GermanyJune 26, 1963
Kennedy tours Europe in 1963, and visits West Berlin where the Berlin Wall still stands. In his speech to over one hundred thousand, Kennedy utters his legendary phrase, "Ich bin ein Berliner" - "I am a Berliner." His words are a reference to "all free men, wherever they may live" and underscores support for West Berliners, living in a democratic citadel surrounded by the Soviets' Berlin Wall - a barrier that divides them from the Communism of Soviet-occupied East Germany, and the rest of the world.
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