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JFK did not want entitlement nation

Maureen Davis Norwich

Publication: The Day

Published 09/19/2012 12:00 AM
Updated 09/18/2012 05:25 PM

This is important to remember because so many Americans think the government should be giving them a hand-out (more free stuff please).

John F. Kennedy's Inagural Address - Jan. 20, 1961: "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.

"Whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world, ask of us the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on Earth God's work must truly be our own."

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