Similarities Between John F Kennedy And Jfk Liberty

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Only 18 years apart, two men spoke about the concepts of liberty. These men, John F. Kennedy and Learned Hand, spoke to civilians in wartime America. Hand gave his speech at the height of WWII. Kennedy gave his shortly after, during the cold war. Both Hand and Kennedy agreed on the same basic principles of liberty: it is directly related to freedom, it must be fought for,

Hand, the federal judge who studied philosophy at Harvard, gave his speech "The Spirit of Liberty" to over 1.5 million people in 1944. He reminded the audience that while freedom is important for liberty to grow, freedom alone will not solicit liberty. He first said, "We sought liberty; freedom from oppression, freedom from wants, freedom to be ourselves"(paragraph 1,