Kennedy Quote

[Steely_Dan]

I need someone's help...
There is a JFK quote that starts out...

"If by Liberal you mean...

It goes on to define liberalism in a way that makes sense to me.

It ends something like...

...If that is what you mean by Liberal, than I'm proud to be one (or be called one)" or something like that.

Anyone know what quote I'm talking about???

Thanks.

-P

[PROGRESSIVE1]

1. I'll try to find the full text. JFK made this speech when accepting the..

New York Liberal Party's nomination in 1960.

[livetohike]

2. Here's the quote

But if by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people -- their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties -- someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal," then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal."


http://www.cyburbia.org/forums/showthread.php?t=9572

[MonicaR]

3. That's should be posted on the walls of every liberal home..

every liberal website, and should be recited ad nauseum every time we get confronted by conservatives.

[Steely_Dan]

4. Thank You!!!

I really appreciate it!

-P

[livetohike]

5. No problem

:-)