JFK - "Ich bin ein Berliner" (1963)

President Kennedy's remarks to the people of West Berlin in the Rudolph Wilde Platz, June 26, 1963. It is in this speech that he makes the famous statement "Ich bin ein Berliner."

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[RealLy96]

Nice urban legends, but these Germans in the crowd adored Kennedy for the things he said and never thougt about a donut. This legend was made by the New York Times, but if you like to believe in it, do it.

There is no difference saying "Ich bin ein Berliner" or "Ich bin Berliner", but that "Ich bin ein Berliner" just states, that he is one of them. "Einer vor euch".

Im Publikum lacht übrigens keiner über ihn.

[RockNRollDad88]

I just gave my 1,5 year old daughter a jelly doughnut (A berliner where im from)

and she just walked around saying ''liner liner liner''

And i came to think of this and i just had to see it..

Bush should have made a follow up to this when he visited Denmark. ''I am a danish''

[mw2king310]

15 people arent doughnuts

[Edward Toner]

15 people are soviet leaders.

[SerfinBird]

He was terrible at speaking German what he said loosely translets to "I'm a doughnut".

[MrYoname1]

think about the situtation in this time

[EmperorsNewnewGroove]

Two thousand years ago, the proudest boast was 我是一個漢族公民

[RockNRollDad88]

No i don't, that would not be funny at all.. The whole joke is ''im a danish'' It's not corect and a danish is a cake a dane is just a person from denmark.. Jesus fucking christ

[0907oliv]

Thank you so much for voicing my sentiments. JFK was loved before he was killed. But his death elevated him to a different level. There was greater respect - a reverance. There was that realization that we had this sensational President - well we kind of knew it but we did fully realize it until he was gone. We took him for granted when he was alive -- and when he was gone - it was the realization that the loss was huge.

[ERIC CARTMAN CARTMAN]

Fags

[TheKillahKyla]

But then the joke wouldn't work, because there is no pastry called "Dane". He could go to Hamburg and Frankfurt though, and call himself a hamburger and a frankfurter.

[den seje]

You mean "I am a dane".