May 17, 1961 - John F. Kennedy's Address Before the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa, Canada
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- President John F. Kennedy spoke in the House of Commons chamber. ''I am grateful for the generous remarks and kind sentiments toward my country and myself, Mr. Prime Minister. We in the United States have an impression that this country is made up of descendants of the English and the French. But I was glad to hear some applause coming from the very back benches when you mentioned Ireland. I am sure they are making progress forward.''
John F. Kennedy, like no other.
One of the greatest.
If our leaders could still speak so eloquently, this country wouldn't be in shambles.
Brilliant writing with remarkable delivery.
Obama was a great speaker too. speaking eloquently isnt mutually exclusive with/without corruption
@@lincolnthomas2418 , you know, he really wasn't (our 44th President). Everyone keeps saying that, but he really wasn't. He was flat, forced, and, worst of all........parochially *boring.* You are right about the corruption with him. He was nothing like our 35th President (above).
@@aaronlevisay5119 Agreed 👍🏻 totally 💯. Such a fake. Snakey fake..44th.
The fact that people voted for someone like Trump makes me think that eloquence is not really a criteria
Geeezz. I hope people are listening to this and understand it. He speaking about what is happening in our world right now in part. The wording is important.
"Those who MAKE THEMSELVES our adversaries..." struck me particularly hard
They don't make presidents like this anymore
When America was great!
And white.
Wow.
This Speech is So very Fitting for today
"For good men to do nothing" so true 🇺🇸☮️
Thank you President Kennedy. 🗽Respect. 🇨🇦
What a great man. Only a blight on our species could have taken him so early.
Came here after Biden referenced this speech in his address to our House of Commons just a few days ago!
Great Man Blessed is he who comes in the NAME OF THE LORD !!!
its really sad that this video has 14 comments
it goes to show that this planet takes the wrong things too serious and doesnt pay enough attention to whats important
its all woke bullshit now instead of actual progress
As a Canadian My self their around
That opening joke was unreal
Keby ho "mocní" neodstránili , história sveta by vyzerala úplne ináč .
2:15
Who sits behind Kennedy, Gordon Churchill?
Roland Michener, who was speaker and MP for Toronto St Paul until 1962.
@@t.b.g.504 ty
@@t.b.g.504 oh ya. Later Governor General too.
Such an amazing fine Godly Man 🕊️🙏✝️💫😇
Godly? God will use whom he will. I think of Cyrus the Great of Persia.
Our enemies now reside within our borders.
Fun Fact: this guy was born in the Greatest Generation, literally
Fun fact about this Speech and Presidential Visit: the part where he talked about the OAS, urging Canada to join it frustrated Diefenbaker because he had already told Kennedy he wouldn’t join it (we didn’t join until 1989). The part also where he mentions having Nuclear weapons in all areas of NATO would come to be a foreshadowing of a very tense moment in Canada-US relations. Later Diefenbaker had Kennedy plant a tree on parliament hill, an innocent enough gesture. But Kennedy threw his back out and because his back trouble was still a secret at the time Kennedy was angry about potential exposure. This permanently soured the relationship between Kennedy and Diefenbaker for the rest of their time in power. There is evidence that Kennedy even interfered in the 1962 & 63 elections in favour of Pearson. I think Diefenbaker forgave him in the end. He was going to send Kennedy a painting of the naval Battle of the Chesapeake and the Shannon just before Kennedy was killed. There’s a lot underneath those nice sounding words.
I see what you're saying here. But honestly I doubt..well I know JFK wasn't petty as such, to try to interfere with elections over his back being "thrown out" as it was always painful for him. Kennedy was against NATO so..I'll have to rewatch the comments about nuclear weapons... The painting was a very lovely gesture, if only it had a chance to have happened. ✌🏼
Eloquence and action. RIP Pres. Kennedy
America’s last President. May the dream never die.
Pup
No WONDER they killed this man
Now we have biden who can barely put 2 setences togheter without reading it from a paper