JFK in Ireland, 28 June 1963
Jul. 9th, 2005 01:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
libertangoJohn F. Kennedy addressed the Irish Parliament on June 28, 1963 -- the day I was born. I was poking about looking for things that happened that day, and this is one of them.
Here's a great passage from the speech. You can hear Kennedy speaking here, using Real Player.
"(N)o nation, large or small, can be indifferent to the fate of others, near or far. Modern economics, weaponry and communications have made us realize more than ever that we are one human family and this one planet is our home.
"The world is large," wrote John Boyle O'Reilly.
"The world is large when its weary leagues two loving hearts divide,
But the world is small when your enemy is loose on the other side."
The world is even smaller today, though the enemy of John Boyle O'Reilly is no longer a hostile power. Indeed, across the gulfs and barriers that now divide us, we must remember that there are no permanent enemies. Hostility today is a fact, but it is not a ruling law. The supreme reality of our time is our indivisibility as children of God and our common vulnerability on this planet."
Here's a great passage from the speech. You can hear Kennedy speaking here, using Real Player.
"(N)o nation, large or small, can be indifferent to the fate of others, near or far. Modern economics, weaponry and communications have made us realize more than ever that we are one human family and this one planet is our home.
"The world is large," wrote John Boyle O'Reilly.
"The world is large when its weary leagues two loving hearts divide,
But the world is small when your enemy is loose on the other side."
The world is even smaller today, though the enemy of John Boyle O'Reilly is no longer a hostile power. Indeed, across the gulfs and barriers that now divide us, we must remember that there are no permanent enemies. Hostility today is a fact, but it is not a ruling law. The supreme reality of our time is our indivisibility as children of God and our common vulnerability on this planet."
