From the archives: John F. Kennedy delivers one of his most famous lines in 1961 inaugural speech
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- On Jan. 20, 1961, John F. Kennedy was sworn into office as the 35th president of the United States. Watch CBS News' live coverage from that day as Kennedy famously appealed to Americans to "ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
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"United there's little we cannot do... Divided there is little we can do"... Man, if only we could have a president like that rn, forget the parties... that'd be beautiful
I mean, a president can say that whenever he wants…the key is actually to do the thing.
Vote Kennedy!🇺🇸2024
vote for vivek then.
We did, we had him (JFK) and he didn’t play ball with them and do whatever they wanted him to do so they killed/assassinated him! Just like they’re fvcking with Trump now, the people that are really calling the shots (the incredibly wealthy elite) do not want a president that is going to help Americans prosper or empower Americans. I remember learning about JFK and all he had accomplished in his life and then seeing the Zapruder footage of the assassination and a bunch of other videos from that day too and thinking “WOW WTF!! How could they do that to him, and to Jackie as well!!” And will never forget hearing family members that were alive back then say that “the day JFK was assassinated, was the day America died!” That our country has only slowly gone to hell in a hand basket since then, driving us closer and closer to chaos and communism. This may sound morbid but I’m glad those relatives passed away before we got to the point we have in the past 10+ish years cause I have no doubt they’d be losing their minds!
63 years since he's said that... Wow. If only he can see what's going on now. He'd shed a tear. He was a man ahead of his time. Made me proud to be an American, but today I am disappointed being one.
i'm 15, and seeing this gives me more hope than any speech of most politicians today. i may not have been alive at the time, but President Kennedy's death breaks my heart, and i mourn what could have been had his life not been taken so early.
“Ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.” My first time hearing this quote and it comes literally right after his most famous of all 🤨
I'm an offspring of an immigrant. Wish I could have served like my brothers. I love this nation. I wish no one would receive a folded flag. I wish I could do more for my country.
@@lorenzovonmatterhorn4756 do u understand we don’t go to war to defend our country it’s to defend the interests and profits of the elites of the world ? Essentially you’re signing your life over to a country that doesn’t care about human lives only money and greed ..
It is truly scary when an American politician shows up on your nation's doorstep and says; "I'm from America and I'm here to help."
Ask not what your student body president can do for you. Ask what you can do to your student body president's body
I'm 22, and I'm african American. This man inspires me so much. It's a shame how politics don't conduct themselves like this anymore.
The greatest Presidential inaugural speech of all time. This was recorded on video tape--a new invention at that time!
murdered by ben-gurien
I think school children need to see this to understand what is still needed.
The message today is, "Ask not what your country can do for you" But what you can do for illegal immigrants. " The LEFT would have thrown JFK under the bus.
John F. Kennedy - One of the greatest presidents in U.S. history.
He really was great
Let's carry on his legacy with his nephew. Kennedy2024!🗽
@@ianstein7603 he's now endorsing Trump
Rest In Peace Mr. President
I hope one day you’ll receive the slightest bit of justice.
“The rights of man come not from the generosity of state, but from the hand of God”
A time when people believed in God and His merciful blessings
... but from natural law ..... there is no God!
@@user-sp8eb6iz7f i pity you man. Very sure you have no peace and contentment in life
@@KlaudiaGanancial I still have the "Tooth Fairy" and "The Three Little Pigs"...
@@user-sp8eb6iz7f yep i know, obviously 🤣
The accent is not difficult to understand, the message is crystal clear to assimilate and the democratic spirit is a must to follow - a unique speech from a legend of the century
My hero for ever ...I am french and I was 13 ya when he said "We shall go to the moon before the end of 70th....WHAT A DREAM !
thank you to you Mr President for eternity
"To those old allies whose cultural and spiritual origins we share, we pledge the loyalty of faithful friends. United there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided there is little we can do--for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder."
This is my favourite line from this speech. Grazie Presidente. Viva la pace, viva la libertà 🇪🇺🤝🇺🇸
His speeches were mind blowing.💯💯💯
A great man and a great president. America was fantastic with this man as president.
I can't believe this was 62 years ago. How time fly's.
Great human..I hope he rest in peace.
I can listen to this great man's speeches over and over and .............. over again. I may sound ignorant here but I have to say that this man possessed immense knowledge and intelligence. Other than President FDR, no President came close to President JFK.
@14:21, even President Eisenhower was impressed.
I have been lobbying various uploaders to include the Oath as part of the upload and finally it's here!
CBS News cameramen provided the best footage of this glorious moment and day!
Thank You CBS News Archives!🇺🇲
Bro his accent is insane in a cool way
If you like Cuba pronounced as "Cuber"...
The men during that era spoke with a passion and a purpose ,not with slack or disrespect.
The men of this era respected themselves ,had a deep love for the Lord Jesus Christ and a love for their families and country.
This is the way!
@@Bianca0414 accent has nothing to do with that, go to Boston and you'll hear it today
@@zoeslounge95lol you sound ridiculous. He means speaking in a dignified manner. Bostonians definitely don’t do that.
The Kennedy's are so cool. Kennedy2024 for president!
i live in DC and often visit Mr Kennedys resting place, to pay respect, he was a hero in every way!
The message today is, "Ask not what your country can do for you" But what you can do for illegal immigrants. " The LEFT would have thrown JFK under the bus.
Massive respect. I live in England, but need to see JFK's gravesite. I love that President.
What PROFOUND words ,
What GREAT conviction ,
from a TRUE leader …
God rest his soul .
Peace ☮️
I am never tired of listening to this powerful and electric voice that truly touches every human soul and heart. What a speech ❤❤😂😂
The best speech that I have ever heard. This speech was not only for America but the for the entire free world. The torch has been passed to a new generation which will also enlighten the ways of upcoming generation. President John Fitzerald Kennedy was truly a peaceloving and patriotic figure. From my heart, I respect this great leader.
We will have a political class with this level of integrity. All we have to do is understand and care for each other, and our leadership will be the product of our brotherhood. God bless everyone in this nation and the world.
OMG..... WHAT A VOICE........GENUINE......UPLIFTING.......AS CLEAN AS A BLUE SKY....!
He really was great men
Its election year and came back to kennedy's speech . He truly represented the American Spirit . Let us not forget this great man and his patriotism.
I enjoyed listening his speech I loved it a lot even his quote too and I wanna say Congratulations John F Kennedy for becoming our 35th president of the United States and to his wife Jackie for becoming the First Lady of the United States these two are my favorite I like them a lot and I think that these two were so happy in heaven when they heard when they became both President and First Lady of the United States And I wanna say I’m proud of you two for becoming our President and First Lady congratulations you too
I like how the camera constantly pans over to Eisenhower who seems pretty pleased with the situation. Not sure if it’s because he’s impressed by Kennedy or if he’s just happy to retire 😆
He was a good president also. Things weren't nearly as hostile between the parties back then. Both the Kennedys warned about communism back then...
They took a real one. Masterful with the words like Pac.
So unfair his life was cut short..he was only getting better! A great President! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Quote by PRESIDENT JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY ~
"If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich."
It's sickening he lasted only 2 years in the white house. There would of been more great things if he lasted more than 2 years. Rest well to one of the best presidents in our life.
Still an impressive speech more than sixty years later! When the values of a free and just world were still standing firmly. Compare the energy and articulation with todays open corruption and greed. Every young person must see this speech, full of hope for the future
I find it disturbing. He's The President of the United States, not the world. He has no business addressing them.
I Totally AGREE🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
RIP Kennedy. Still one of the greatest
😢
It's been over the 50 year time limit since his untimely death, and the US still refuses to release all of the information they have on that tragedy. What is the government hiding, and why?
It will be 60 years this November.
The CIA and FBI had him murdered because he wanted to abolish the federal reserve
@@captainchaserman7148
That whole Oswald capture, and how he was led thru the basement with crowds of people around him gave me real pause. And given the corruption in both the CIA and FBI, I would not be surprised one bit.
Watch the documentary Everything is a rich man's trick it explains the mystery.
It was the Cia and the industrial military complex he was putting them out of business
Heart touching speech ever!
Idk why we don’t celebrate him more he deserves a day got dam it he’s top 3 president that this country has had hands down idgaf if nobody agrees 🫡🇺🇸 give him his day !!!! 🤬 ✊🏼
We don't publicly celebrate JFK because the same people who he warned us about the secret societies and the mafia his brother fought against took him out. They took over the government and they want to oppress anything that our president JFK stood for.
I'm not left. But, Kennedy was a beast. Democracy ended with him. Rip
Unparalleled orator.
This man's picture hangs proudly in my house...Best president ever...could you imagine Trump trying to recite a speech of this magnitude...it will never happen...RIP JOHN F. KENNEDY..
Happy 62nd Anniversary to John F Kennedy’s Inauguration
Thank you
What a history!!!
We were robbed of his greatness by own own fearful and corrupt government
Great Archives speech of all time!
beautiful! Both sides look for peace. All peace starts at home. ! goosebumps
What a dramatic Swearing In Ceremony!
What a glorious moment in our Nation's history.
It’s Been 62 years! R.I.P JFK! ❤🇺🇸
He was our president and the US government resented him for that
The only great democrat that spoke about peace and abolishing all poverty
Well said my friend. Be safe
A great speech writer with the voice of boston accent creates delivery perfection
A great president 🇺🇸
I was a youngster when President Kennedy was our president. I miss him so much. He was assasinated and i cried and cried.
One of our only great presidents! His nephew is a honorable person to carry on the Kennedy's values, our countries values. Kennedy2024! God Bless our founding values🗽
What majesty!
This was a great man
This speech could have been written by Shakespeare , the greatest English poet , as perfect as it is❤
"Ask not what your country can do for you - ask why is there a glint coming out of the book depository" truly inspiring, what a guy.
What a wonderful and inspiring voice our late Beloved President John Fitzgerald Kennedy possessed!
I got to shake his hand when he was in my state. And I wasn't voting age yet. I will never forget that moment as well as when he died. Will always wonder what if he'd lived instead? We would have been better. I will forever miss him.
Outstanding! I saw this speech live from the Boston area, when I was 7 years old! I remember clearly this speech, especially the part, “Ask not..what the country can do.. ask what you can do for your country!” I have 2 great attachments to this speech! Today, due to the events of 1968, I am a staunch Republican! Since 1972, I have NEVER voted Democrat in a Presidential Election! But my Great Grandmother was a Kennedy and my Uncle Bernard Herlihy served as a Chaplain under President Eisenhower, when he was the NATO Commander in the late 1940’s! President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon are the heroes in this story! For Joe Kennedy, through his political shenanigans, stole the 1960 Election in Illinois and Texas! But Nixon chose not to contest the election and let the results stand. He deserves great credit for a “Profile in Courage”! John Kennedy had his faults, but this speech shows that he was a great man and a great President! I commend him, but not his Dad!
At 6:30, our Beloved new President John Fitzgerald Kennedy refers to his program "The Alliance For Progress" which has been largely forgotten.
President Kennedy was passionate about helping to empower our "sister republics" South of our border.
Sadly, after President Kennedy was assassinated, President Lyndon Baines Johnson was indifferent to the program and President Richard Milhous Nixon quashed the program.
Had President Kennedy not been assassinated, I firmly believe the program would have succeeded and we would not be witnessing the calamity at the southern border.
Careful with words, it was written for him. But delivered with incredible power.
And with belief. Speeches may have been written for him but he believed every word and he may have had a hand in writing them.
Jfk wrote the speech with help from Ted Sorensen
It's said JFK wrote his own speechs
The great of best United Staes to making beautiful and powerful good president first or last Kennedy!!!!!❤
Wow! Kennedy was our first president who wasn't born before 1900.
I know right
That was a beautiful speach president Kennedy, I look back in time see how the way presidents keep it ordinary and perfect we need more presidents jfk
This should be shown in history class. JFK was truly brilliant in illuminating the true fight beyond partisan lines.
Christ bless John and rest in peace in heaven. Amen 💪🏻💯❤️❤️❤️
Secret societies. He wanted to expose. But they murdered him
I was so proud of JFK but this clip also brought sadness to me because I think what we have turned into.. However, with all my heart I believe goodness will win over evil and for those who have lost their way, perhaps they will remember what we stand for and understand our Country is the bright light, particularly in the darkness, for the world to always have hope we will survive. We encourage people to have differences so that we can compromise and improve life in so many ways. Let the majority be served and let the minority remind us what they stand for and formulate a plan of slightly different values to that we can also consider what we believe is the best for our people.
And, we must remember the world is shrinking and events taking place which cause harm and danger to people globally must be the deep concern of free people in foreign lands. Every situation can be dealt with as long as fair minded people seek a solution. Politics should take a back seat! An effort second to none must be the top priority of all nations and organizations to do even more to support the rights of human beings wherever they are.
The last good dem pres. A peoples person. Couldn't be brought.
Great film clip. I don't believe I have ever seen the opening 20-30 seconds or so of this film. Maybe I've never seen this precise film at all, but the beginning is both new and poignant to me. The gentleman at the very beginning, and who continues to show up prominently as others (JFK, CJ Warren, LBJ) pass in front of him is James R. Browning, then the Clerk of the Supreme Court and the person charged with holding the Bible while Kennedy took the Presidential oath. He was the last Clerk to serve that role. Thereafter, the First Lady has always held the Bible. Browning was nominated to be a Circuit Judge in the 9th Circuit later that year, two weeks before I was born. Years later, in 1987-88, I clerked for then Chief Judge Browning of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. He looks so wonderfully young in this clip.
JFK was the last of the great Democratic Presidents of all times besides FDR. The best inaugural speech of all times.
He was so charming!
My favorite President and he’s before my time. He was fair and transparent
God bless America 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🙏🏽🙏🏽💗💯
Really?
❤ Oath for eternity ❤ Eternal youthfulness ❤
Honestly, name one current politician that can give a speech like this. I think Obama was the last one who inspired people like JFK did.
I think we need another JFK to lead our country.
Chris Wallace said Biden’s 2020 inaugural speech was the best he ever heard
I can say Trump did that too. He didn't inspire all of American citizens, but he did inspire his supporters to believe anything he said and do his requests.
obama💖💖 caroline kennedy said many people told her, when obama was running for his first term as presidenr, that he inspired them as her father did all those years ago. he may be gone for almost two generations now but JFK continues to inspire and continues to be admired.
@@T00THY_0RiFiCE I agree with Chris Wallace(and he has heard a whole lot more political speeches than I have!) it was absolutely stellar, it was exciting and it had such incredible strength and immediacy.
I have listened to the President's January 6th one-year commemoration speech again and again. And, with the possible exception of Hakeem Jeffries speech on the floor of the house two weeks ago, it is a speech like no other we have ever heard. Both of those speeches were brilliant, delivered by brilliant Americans
@@RAINMAKEEER that's not inspiration. That's lying and gaslighting. Big difference.
And he spoke without Teleprompter. ❤
That freaking hair! Him and Reagan had the greatest damn hair.
Andrew Jackson had the most epic hair
Fantastic speech
The last democrat that cared about America.
Not limited by political dogma, but sought for the very best for all Americans. Never will be another politician like him
@@exempligratia101 Yes indeed, well said sir.
Ran as a Democrat but was a man of the people and loved by all. My family did for this country.
The message today is, "Ask not what your country can do for you" But what you can do for illegal immigrants. " The LEFT would have thrown JFK under the bus.
The last great democrat
THANK you.
I remember this like it was yesterday
The ClA has a lot to answer for.
YEA!!!
So does the Mossad
3:55, This is America. This is Democracy. We are Americans. We are not an extremist nation. We are a Democracy; we cherish our freedom.
We are a constitutional republic, not a democracy.
So I ask, would there be anyone who after hearing this inauguration speech equate this to something we would hear today? Would these words come from the mouth of a president so enamored by himself as to disgrace the presidency to be impeached twice and later convicted of crimes? The answer is no. Are we as a nation so blinded by hate that we may not see the truth that stands before us? Let us go forth and be a nation of one, great and true, to bring peace to the world for those who have given the very sacrifice for which they intended. These words, spoken by a man who gave his very life for the truths he believed in, are before us. What shall WE choose?
imagine where our country could or what would have been if he stayed alive? =/
I just cried and cried!😢
What a glorious moment in our Nation's history.
Our Greatest President. RIP JFK
Awesome speech Mr President.The Man of the planet.✨💫🌟⭐💥❤️💜💖
Some say this is the speech that won him the presidency
He was already elected president. This is the inauguration speech.😮
Please don't tell me you vote. Because you shouldn't.
@@danbardos3498 I was joking, Dan 🙄
Kennedy 2024🇺🇸❤️🎉🎉🎉
Declarando alas memorias un spiritu dando consejos en memorias de grandes gobernantes en el pasado hoy con spiritu recordando las grandesas de inri bendicion 9:36 🎉
Got to watch historical videos to see a real leader. What a shame
Pretty cool the Hats in the background!!!
"Victory" Done Within The Laws Of Love! ♥
JFK ones of the best ex president of United States of America,
Rest in heaven*.🙏.*
Sure could use him today! Use to have both of the Kennedy albums. His death altered history.
greatest president of all time..3years his got more achivements
Hey all you trumpsters, listen to what a REAL PRESIDENT says.