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Quotation from Inaugural Address by John F. Kennedy
“And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country.”
Inaugural Address, Paragraph 25 (Public Papers of the Presidents; Avalon Project)
The address's most famous sentence, a charge to citizens to serve.
Citation: "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country." — John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, Paragraph 25 (Public Papers of the Presidents; Avalon Project). (id kennedy-inaugural-address-q6)
Portrait: Jfk inauguration, U.S. Army Signal Corps, Public domain.
