John F. Kennedy: "We choose to go to the moon" speech

[HeyKellyShea]

"...not because it is easy, but because it is hard..." Love it!

[Reingur]

...and that is (one of mnay) things that makes the vUSA great.

[MegaDigitaldog]

Who cares....been there, done that.

[MrYellowGeko]

1 person did not want go to the moon

[naruto2710]

this is when america adhered to the principles that it was founded upon

[1sthawk007]

Kennedy was the last great leader in the world after him came a lot of assholes.JFK were are you now we need youPres o'Bama talks a great talk but he has done nothing but appeared on lots of talk shows and made a lot of money for himself it's a shame I taught he was going to help us but he has helped himself.JFK god bless

[MrAleksandarDzever]

Thank Yugoslavia for going to the MOON! BECAUSE TITO SOLD THE YUGOSLAVIAN SPACE PROGRAMME TO KENNEDY. APOLLO PARTS WERE MOSTLY MADE IN YUGOSLAVIA.

[Patriotman1990]

Now if someone would just say that about Mars....

[Brooklyn3955]

Like the a past poster said, this was when America was America - when America was strong. It is when America was loved by many more than today. It's when my relatives in Italy looked at America with awe and respect. Now when my cousins come visit, they bascially say Italians look at America as a joke when I ask them.

[osallent]

@Brooklyn3955 Your Italian cousins have a mighty high opinion of Italy. I've been in Italy recently and they are not exactly doing great either. The Italian economy is worse than ours, and they have an immigration problem just as bad, if not worse than ours.

But yes, I agree that the United States is not what it used to be. We have no spirit of adventure anymore. All we want is for the government to baby us, and to go camp outside shops and gun down others to get 20% off some Chinese-made TV.

[jesseortiz666x]

this is much better than just saying ''yes we can''

[LordKaisen]

lets go to the moon!

[TTEchidna]

This was when America was America.

This was when America was strong.

This was when millionaires paid 95% taxes.

[osallent]

@TTEchidna Lol, Millionaires back then paid less taxes than millionaires pay now. Although the tax rate was higher, there were far more loopholes than there are now. Millionaires would pay about 15% back then after milking all the loopholes.

What we didn't have then that we have now is a bloated military budget, a bloated entitlement system, and no industry to speak of (thanks to globalization). We no longer manufacture anything, and therefore we are running a huge deficit.

[MrKushsmoker21]

@osallent 1. the military budget of 1962 in proportion to the amount of government revenue was very large, about the same as today. 20 years after the end of the cold war.

2. your first statement was ludicrous with no factual evidence. Millionaires absolutely paid much, much higher taxes than the rich of today. And if you have proof to the contrary show me.

3. your assessment of american industry is correct, but when you say entitlement programs are you referring to social security/medicare?

[lenny16kcc]

The goal of many political leaders today is to dumb down America...and many accept it.

[fraank69]

When will we have another Great Man like him again? I'm no bad guy but this new age is better off as the time of when cavemen were around.

[conor1977]

this is not just the american space program but the german one as well. van braun was the main man behind it. ss captain van braun!

[conor1977]

this is not just the american space program but the german one as well. van braun was the main man behind it. ss captain van braun!

[conor1977]

I am getting out of bed now. Not because its easy, but because it's hard!

[MovieMajic]

As great as he was, we have to be honest with ourselves. He did still kill leaders in other countries for our own interests, as well as place terrible leaders into power. Although, that was a mistake that many others made, let's not make him to godly. He wasn't perfect. Though, he was the last president, that was trying to get things done. Sad that has to be the case.

[smo699]

Obama cut the new programs and hopes of landing a man on Mars with the next decade. *Sigh*

[SSTTEEAALLTTHH]

@smo699

Off course he did. Damn it, he has illegal wars to fight and the military industrial complex doesn't fund itself!

[colmustardfulable]

best president

[TwistedGentleman]

"We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy but because they are hard. Because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills. Because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win."

Probably the most motivating words ever spoken. I have that taped to my monitor and read it everyday, especially when I feel doubt in myself or my abilities.

[yesiamawizardjonny]

Almost as hot as it is here today...haha, JFK was awesome.

[anom388]

i hope someday we will get a new president like this

[Reingur]

MARS next - but the people of Earth must learn how to live together first.

We must to learn to live together,,,, if so we can no longer tolerate dictership or undemocorcy of any kind. We must all join in the sience not the religion.

We should do like the Klingons did .. kill all our Gods!

[DRAGONxACE]

"WE CHOOSE TO GO TO THE MOON NOT BECAUSE THEY EASY BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD". -JFK

[wannytheviking]

One of few greatest American presidents of all time. A powerful and charismatic leader who captured the hearts of most people. Uncorrupt and always virtuous. The epitome of a successful politician.

[RisingPhoenix712]

...and they all said, "Ah, he's nuts!"

[vicdarapper]

the last true president america had and he was killed.......bulllshit....

[yesiamawizardjonny]

@vicdarapper yep

[armydude162]

@vicdarapper um...... Ronald Reagen?

[MrKushsmoker21]

@armydude162 hahaha, reagan was a corporate puppet, a shill, a sellout. Some doop who was being flung around like a marionette. That devil fucked everyone but his buddies for eight long years

[armydude162]

@MrKushsmoker21 a sellout? you have got to be kidding...

[MrKushsmoker21]

@armydude162 Not at all, actually. Wanna see a President? This guy with the accent ^^^

[buddhachili]

OMG!!! I loved this man, this leader

[CentaurFilms]

This is my favorite speech EVAR!!!

[LttWinters]

epic

[a0602837]

"we choose to go to the moon not

Because it is easy, but because it is hard"....I'm no liberal, but where is this kind of inspired leadership today?

[cooluke]

it happens

[drmurda]

@a0602837

I wish i could tell ya... but now look who we got... obama...