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    Galbraith and Stevenson provided suggestions for John F. Kennedy's inaugural address focused on uniting with allies against communism, helping developing nations without ideological motives, and negotiating without fear. Kennedy's final speech incorporated many of these ideas, committing to loyal cooperation with cultural allies, respecting new nations' sovereignty, aiding the poor because it is right rather than for votes or to counter communism, negotiating without fear but also without avoiding it, and invoking science rather than conflict to address global issues. The work would not be finished quickly but progress would be ongoing through Kennedy's administration.

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    Galbraith and Stevenson provided suggestions for John F. Kennedy's inaugural address focused on uniting with allies against communism, helping developing nations without ideological motives, and negotiating without fear. Kennedy's final speech incorporated many of these ideas, committing to loyal cooperation with cultural allies, respecting new nations' sovereignty, aiding the poor because it is right rather than for votes or to counter communism, negotiating without fear but also without avoiding it, and invoking science rather than conflict to address global issues. The work would not be finished quickly but progress would be ongoing through Kennedy's administration.

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    Galbraith and Stevenson provided suggestions for John F. Kennedy's inaugural address focused on uniting with allies against communism, helping developing nations without ideological motives, and negotiating without fear. Kennedy's final speech incorporated many of these ideas, committing to loyal cooperation with cultural allies, respecting new nations' sovereignty, aiding the poor because it is right rather than for votes or to counter communism, negotiating without fear but also without avoiding it, and invoking science rather than conflict to address global issues. The work would not be finished quickly but progress would be ongoing through Kennedy's administration.

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    Excerpts from Inaugural Suggestions and Delivered Speech

    Suggestions by Galbraith and Stevenson

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    united for common purposes there is little we cannot do to


    advance peace and well-being; disunited, there is little we
    can do we cannot deal with the Communist challenge
    divided and in disarray. (Stevenson)

    To those old allies whose cultural and spiritual origins we


    share, we pledge the loyalty of faithful friends. United there
    is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures.
    Divided there is little we can do--for we dare not meet a
    powerful challenge at odds and split asunder.

    We have not seen one form of colonial control superceded


    simply to see another far more iron and more implacable
    system take its place.
    We cannot expect them to be actively on our side. Why
    should they be? We do want them to be vigilantly and
    intelligently on the side of their own freedom and integrity.
    (Stevenson)

    To those new states whom we welcome to the ranks of the


    free, we pledge our word that one form of colonial control
    shall not have passed away merely to be replaced by a far
    more iron tyranny. We shall not always expect to find them
    supporting our view. But we shall always hope to find them
    strongly supporting their own freedom--and to remember
    that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by
    riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.

    We will help these countries do so not as a part of an


    ideological struggle, not because they are pawns in a cold
    war, not to buy friendship. We will help them because to do
    so is right. (Galbraith)
    if the free way of life doesnt help the many poor of this
    world it will never save the few rich. (Stevenson)

    To those people in the huts and villages of half the globe


    struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge
    our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever
    period is required--not because the communists may be
    doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is
    right. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor,
    it cannot save the few who are rich.

    We shall never negotiate out of fear. But we shall never


    fear to negotiate. (Galbraith)

    So let us begin anew--remembering on both sides that


    civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always
    subject to proof. Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let
    us never fear to negotiate.

    I would like to see permanent joint commissions at work


    to undertake interstellar exploration, to conquer the deserts
    and tap the riches of the oceans(Stevenson)

    Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science


    instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars,
    conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths
    and encourage the arts and commerce.

    the work of this new Administration will not be over in a


    hundred days, or in five hundred days, or in a thousand
    days. Its works will continue without surcease for all of the
    next four years. (Galbraith)

    All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days.
    Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days, nor in
    the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our
    lifetime on this planet.
    But let us begin.

    Adapted from Richard J. Tofel, Sounding the Trumpet: The Making of John F. Kennedys
    Inaugural Address. (Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2005), 61-62.

    Prepared by the Department of Education and Public Programs, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

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