"Why go to the moon?" - John F. Kennedy at Rice University

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  • Опубликовано: 10 янв 2025

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  • @santividal9387
    @santividal9387 Год назад +2386

    "not because they are easy, but because they are hard!" Those words are amazing and unforgettable

    • @pallasathena1555
      @pallasathena1555 Год назад +16

      It’s just a shame people were more interested in clapping the varsity reference than the great feats that are universal

    • @abomarsyr103
      @abomarsyr103 Год назад +6

      insane man I read your comment literally at the time I was hearing it from him

    • @arimpact
      @arimpact Год назад

      Moon happened cause of communism fears, it’s packaged to have a very scientific feel good though

    • @charlielxs
      @charlielxs Год назад +1

      Massage asian

    • @Treizez34
      @Treizez34 Год назад +9

      It's too bad that it was because they wanted to beat the Soviet Union first and foremost and not for the actual science behind it

  • @handsomestranger8211
    @handsomestranger8211 4 года назад +2508

    All those sitting, listening, sweating and wiping they're brows, and JFK giving an iconic speech shows no sign of sweating. Truly the coolest man ever lived. Rest in peace Jack, for you where the leader of all mankind not just the USA. From Scotland

    • @andrewsellers1106
      @andrewsellers1106 4 года назад +44

      His name is John F Kennedy

    • @Angus_Gibson
      @Angus_Gibson 4 года назад +184

      @@andrewsellers1106 His nickname was Jack.

    • @lewis3908
      @lewis3908 4 года назад +7

      His family, and Sinatra, called him Jack... m.ruclips.net/video/lHRTCVwSKMs/видео.html

    • @mohammedjibril3745
      @mohammedjibril3745 4 года назад +76

      All his friends and family called him Jack. A precious few of his "Irish Mafia" called him Johnny.

    • @lyonellaverde3135
      @lyonellaverde3135 4 года назад +50

      While I think Obama was our coolest president, JFK was our most dashing--and witty.

  • @jeremymetheney1771
    @jeremymetheney1771 8 месяцев назад +156

    Republican or Democrat, he's an American. He belongs to all of us & the blood should stain us all.

    • @darwinelliott8855
      @darwinelliott8855 4 месяца назад

      Not stain us but drive us to to sustain his great American legacy...RFK jr will avenge his father and uncles memory by joining President Trump against the marxist,globalist dnc.

    • @AnaFerreira-h4k
      @AnaFerreira-h4k 4 месяца назад

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    • @chrisjohnson6138
      @chrisjohnson6138 17 дней назад

      You're making this whormongerer a Martyr?

  • @GeorgeVreelandHill
    @GeorgeVreelandHill Год назад +207

    On November 22, 1963, America and the world lost a great president and leader. We were never the same since. John F. Kennedy had a vision for the future, and what a future it would have been. JFK is more appreciated and loved as the years go by.

    • @thepapervigilante2208
      @thepapervigilante2208 6 месяцев назад +5

      He will be remembered with love and pride always

    • @OptimusPrime-g2p
      @OptimusPrime-g2p 5 месяцев назад

      Not really. JFK is only remembered really well since he died so early and didn't truly have enough time to actually govern.

    • @petrucci1794
      @petrucci1794 4 месяца назад +1

      Your bubble world

    • @whale-psychiatrist
      @whale-psychiatrist 3 месяца назад +1

      idk, I like Trump better.

    • @chriswhited
      @chriswhited Месяц назад

      the magical world of desperate people dreaming of what would have been vs what was. i have no hard feelings again JFK. But he had plenty of problems vs a cornucopia of assumed achievements. I'm not saying he had zero achievements. The assumption of his SPEAKING would be the same of REAGANS speaking. ... .I'll leave it at that.

  • @Mii.2.0
    @Mii.2.0 3 года назад +1907

    "The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds." ~JFK

    • @JoaoSoares-rs6ec
      @JoaoSoares-rs6ec 3 года назад +34

      Love that quote

    • @GreenBrainX
      @GreenBrainX 3 года назад +31

      That quote is so deep and true

    • @Monkey006
      @Monkey006 3 года назад +51

      The more you know, the more you know you don't know.

    • @jaypaint4855
      @jaypaint4855 2 года назад +7

      Read this just after he said it

    • @Ghost-vg6iq
      @Ghost-vg6iq 2 года назад +5

      Not jfk but his speechwriter tbh

  • @andydixon2980
    @andydixon2980 6 месяцев назад +153

    He's not just reading those words, he's behind every word, sentence and paragraph with 100% integrity. Flawless also in his delivery.

    • @oscarl.ramirez7355
      @oscarl.ramirez7355 6 месяцев назад +6

      In my opinion he was the best Modern Day Presidents. He did have his flaws like any human being but we will never know what might have been if Dallas had not happened.

    • @NancySanders-om4ic
      @NancySanders-om4ic 5 месяцев назад +1

      ​@oscarl.ramirez7355 I Miss President John F.Kennedy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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      @AnaFerreira-h4k 4 месяца назад

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      @AnaFerreira-h4k 4 месяца назад

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  • @ventus5th
    @ventus5th Год назад +712

    In 2017, I was in the middle of a long depressive episode in my life. I was about to take my masters. When I listened to this speech, it drove me to complete the program. Now in 2023, I am about to start my PhD from a standpoint of fulfillment. The same speech drives me on again.

    • @rakim126
      @rakim126 Год назад +10

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      @bderrick4944 Год назад +22

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    • @riccaruso7791
      @riccaruso7791 Год назад +7

      Goals help our “pursuit of happiness”.

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  • @twac750
    @twac750 3 года назад +1115

    “Why does Rice play Texas?” Only Kennedy could pull that off. What a speech. One of the greatest in American history.

    • @8176morgan
      @8176morgan 2 года назад +78

      They sure don't make politicians like him anymore. Another era now long gone.

    • @davidprosser7278
      @davidprosser7278 2 года назад +12

      Nailed it.

    • @JoeBanda-fb5fh
      @JoeBanda-fb5fh Год назад

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    • @JoeBanda-fb5fh
      @JoeBanda-fb5fh Год назад +1

      @@8176morgan vd

    • @Mouse-yk7gu
      @Mouse-yk7gu Год назад +3

      You think this speech is one of the greatest in history Huh? Wow

  • @EXcellentstuFF
    @EXcellentstuFF 10 месяцев назад +65

    Not because they are easy, but because they are HARD!!!
    Chills through my spine every time I hear it, great motivation for restarting after failure!

  • @johnps7
    @johnps7 3 года назад +493

    "We meet at a college noted for knowledge, a city noted for progress, and a state noted for strength. And we stand in need of all three." He knew how to motivate. Go Owls!

    • @heloisepoye8891
      @heloisepoye8891 2 года назад +3

      I don't get to owls. Isn't owls a satanic symbol? Not accusatory, just curious. Thank you..

    • @robertvecchioni3554
      @robertvecchioni3554 Год назад +7

      @@heloisepoye8891 The owls I believe is in reference to Athens, Athena a Greek goddess of knowledge and war was associated with owls.

    • @professorperry4790
      @professorperry4790 Год назад +18

      @@heloisepoye8891 It's their mascot, Sammy the Owl

    • @WinterNorth
      @WinterNorth Год назад +14

      @@heloisepoye8891 That is such an odd thing to even ask about. Owls are a Satanic symbol? I didn't grow up under any religions what so ever and take a agnostic view of the world so this entire question just seems odd.

    • @tritium1998
      @tritium1998 Год назад +2

      @@WinterNorth They want to find random things to be scared about.

  • @artificialavocado9652
    @artificialavocado9652 4 года назад +3028

    Now THAT is what a president looks like.

    • @cathodion
      @cathodion 4 года назад +53

      hear hear

    • @kameronboyland4517
      @kameronboyland4517 4 года назад +20

      Yeah Thats What We Look Like

    • @snowman374th
      @snowman374th 4 года назад +1

      @@kameronboyland4517 In your dreams.. lol You wouldn't make a pimple on either one of their asses.

    • @snowman374th
      @snowman374th 4 года назад +1

      @@Peaches.Gonsalez You look like a Smurf BOT to me.

    • @jfkyyyy
      @jfkyyyy 4 года назад +17

      i know

  • @LibertySandwich
    @LibertySandwich Год назад +388

    60 years, rest in peace. We'll never have another like him.

    • @PokerSpiral
      @PokerSpiral 8 месяцев назад +26

      RFK

    • @memesouls8653
      @memesouls8653 8 месяцев назад

      @@PokerSpiralHe’s not winning. I’m sorry to say it. I get supporting him but people need to stop acting like he’s going to get any traction within the race between Biden and Trump.

    • @dorianmammoth
      @dorianmammoth 8 месяцев назад +6

      Death is one of the facts of life , it isn't the end though and its a cycle that's necessary

    • @ANGRYBEEDRILL
      @ANGRYBEEDRILL 8 месяцев назад +5

      We have plenty of people like this they just don't get recognition because one lack the money to be on such a stage the colour of their skin and so on as I once heard "Freedom is the oxygen for the soul" greats come in many forms but people put education over actual humanity and humanity education should be a lesson all human races should learn to strive for, for the betterment of our future

    • @elnegroik
      @elnegroik 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@PokerSpiralYes!! In many ways he’ll surpass his uncle.

  • @ralphfurley123
    @ralphfurley123 4 года назад +430

    Kennedy’s ability to motivate and inspire is unequaled! Although this speech was made over 50 years ago, it inspires me today to do more than expected. I feel that Kennedy’s true talent and gift is his vision! ☮️🖖🏽

    • @NipponKiwi
      @NipponKiwi 3 года назад +1

      I hope Brandon is taking notes on how to communicate! Let's Go Brandon!

    • @anonymousbosch949
      @anonymousbosch949 2 года назад +8

      @@NipponKiwi Like Trump should take notes. After all, he had such a problem in understanding that there's a bodily orifice that is not for speech.

    • @B4mza
      @B4mza Год назад

      Unequaled except by Adolf Hitler lol

    • @angied7857
      @angied7857 Год назад +3

      Because he truly believed he could make a difference in lifting people out of poverty and getting to the moon and defeating communism.

    • @PatriciaPeterson-zz1ws
      @PatriciaPeterson-zz1ws Год назад

      ​@@anonymousbosch949❤

  • @drunken_duck
    @drunken_duck 4 года назад +617

    Watching this in 2020, nearly 60 years later, becoming genuinely pumped about sending someone to the moon.
    This speech is timeless.
    Please can we get another President like this?

    • @gw5479
      @gw5479 2 года назад +17

      I am afraid we are past that now.

    • @onlythewise1
      @onlythewise1 2 года назад

      sure but who think runs things now its not whites

    • @HistoryCity1
      @HistoryCity1 2 года назад

      @@VaiCaDep0893 No way we land on the moon if he lives into his second term. NASA was pretty open to the fact that the pushed because they felt they owed it his legacy. When he gives this speech at RICE, hes actually talking out of his #&#^#

    • @SquidInkAnimations
      @SquidInkAnimations 2 года назад +5

      We had Trump

    • @SquidInkAnimations
      @SquidInkAnimations 2 года назад +10

      @@VaiCaDep0893 Don't make me laugh, you'll see

  • @viewfromthehillswift6979
    @viewfromthehillswift6979 7 месяцев назад +35

    I am old. I remember Kennedy, this speech, the optimism and can-do spirit of that age. I miss that spirit.

  • @christophermooney9492
    @christophermooney9492 5 лет назад +511

    An Inspiring speech made by one of the great orators in History, a true patriot who was willing to die for what he believed to be right.God Bless him.

    • @Muddyorphan1812
      @Muddyorphan1812 4 года назад

      @Watson Everly and the fact that his family got stinking rich durring prohibition...and JFKs BF Lem Billings lived with him at the white house

    • @JoaoSoares-rs6ec
      @JoaoSoares-rs6ec 4 года назад +6

      Those fit to rule the state are the ones willing to sacrifice themselves for the state,

    • @NipponKiwi
      @NipponKiwi 3 года назад +4

      I hope Brandon is taking notes on how to communicate! Let's Go Brandon!

    • @RSTBKT
      @RSTBKT Год назад

      And sadly I'd say he did. Since newer evidence has since arrived that the death is connected to the CIA, same to his brother who attempted to run against LBJ... Makes me worry for RFK Jr as he attempts to run with the same values

    • @DouglasRichardson-er4ky
      @DouglasRichardson-er4ky Год назад

      ​@@NipponKiwikeep wearing those STUPID red hats so the rest of us can keep our distance! 🦨🫏

  • @jeffallcock4561
    @jeffallcock4561 4 года назад +1002

    Probably the greatest and most inspirational speech ever delivered by a US President.

    • @dJames2002
      @dJames2002 4 года назад +2

      ruclips.net/video/3PuHGKnboNY/видео.html

    • @williamm374
      @williamm374 4 года назад +19

      You better believe it. Every word is incredible.

    • @williamm374
      @williamm374 4 года назад +10

      @@dJames2002 Thanks for the laugh Doug!

    • @scottrubenstein9150
      @scottrubenstein9150 4 года назад +16

      Not just by a US president by anyone if you ask me

    • @wilklikesmilk5371
      @wilklikesmilk5371 4 года назад +5

      @@scottrubenstein9150 pretty close

  • @Leothelion-fr8xp
    @Leothelion-fr8xp Год назад +66

    I agree wholeheartedly with the previous comment: “… THAT is what a president looks like.” Looking at this clip of President Kennedy, I can only say oh dear, oh dear how far we have fallen in these 60 years…😢

    • @joetheperformer
      @joetheperformer 8 месяцев назад

      No, I think we are just in the beginning of the beginning of another rise in the USA. Today is just the dip. Life works in waves, up, down, up, down. It can’t be all highs. We’re in a low, but there will be another high.

    • @whale-psychiatrist
      @whale-psychiatrist 3 месяца назад

      Trump will save us. He is the modern day JFK.

  • @brunocoriolano
    @brunocoriolano 4 года назад +446

    09:22: “[…] But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas? We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.” (John Kennedy, On September 12, 1962)

    • @brendavegeta2457
      @brendavegeta2457 3 года назад +1

      All is fake, a big lie. Why don't they go to moon these days? Because they do not have techology; and they did not have it 60 years ago.

    • @zuccman968
      @zuccman968 3 года назад +2

      @@brendavegeta2457 We are going to the moon rn. It would far more difficult to fake the moon landing then to actually just go. There are mirrors ON THE MOON that we put there that you can shine a laser at and it will bounce back. Even the soviets, our competitors that had every reason to disprove our success admit we went.

    • @Cienfuegos_100Fires
      @Cienfuegos_100Fires Год назад

      ​@Insomniac___BIG facts💯

    • @iiiuuiii
      @iiiuuiii Год назад +27

      @Insomniac___ always amazes me how stupid people can be... you think the Moon Landing was fake?

    • @togowack
      @togowack Год назад

      Kennedy had to give this speech with full knowledge that satellites had shown large crashed ships on the surface of the moon and the military industrial complex had decided to send in retrieval teams... to this day the public is very confused about it.

  • @technologic21
    @technologic21 2 года назад +246

    The greatest American President that ever lived. A true champion, for science, humanity, knowledge and excellence. It's men like him that make me proud to be an American, even in these dark times, all of us, from all walks of life, in mutual effort. RIP, the Eternal Flame, you will NEVER be forgotten.

    • @DouglasRichardson-er4ky
      @DouglasRichardson-er4ky Год назад +8

      Lincoln beats Kennedy both were truly amazing for their times 🇺🇸

    • @technologic21
      @technologic21 Год назад +7

      @@DouglasRichardson-er4ky Agreed, both remarkable men.

    • @michael_g_scott1252
      @michael_g_scott1252 Год назад +2

      Amen

    • @jestonmorris5889
      @jestonmorris5889 Год назад +1

      libs would have maybe cancelled him though for his womanizing, and forced him to resign. however, w/ libs, you never know if they will exempt somebody from doing unacceptable things if they too r a lib. so 50/50?

    • @janetprice85
      @janetprice85 11 месяцев назад

      The greatest modern Democrat. Unlike today. Lincoln and Washington were the greatest. Washington left the office even though he could have been a King for life. Thereby saving our fledgling constitutional republic. And Lincoln literally died for the Union and ending slavery. His assasination by Booth was triggered by his plan to give the vote to Black men and freeing slaves.

  • @Demyliano
    @Demyliano 6 месяцев назад +24

    Wow. Proud to be an American. We need him now more than ever. This is what it means to be the leader of the greatest nation on Earth. I pray we get someone worth being the president during my lifetime

    • @AnaFerreira-h4k
      @AnaFerreira-h4k 4 месяца назад

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  • @michaelsix9684
    @michaelsix9684 3 года назад +194

    he did this in the hot sun, delivered it perfectly, such a performance -- no one could do this now

    • @phoneyphone
      @phoneyphone Год назад

      ​@IV-qd8byyou know what he means cuck

    • @EZOunces
      @EZOunces 11 месяцев назад +1

      @IV-qd8by are you restarted or acoustic?

    • @deliriumbee4678
      @deliriumbee4678 Месяц назад

      ​@@EZOuncesnice engrish are you mongolano

  • @avadheshsharma1173
    @avadheshsharma1173 5 лет назад +251

    JFK was a visionary and the vision he laid out for this nation required a lot of strength, courage, resources and inspiration. President Kennedy provided all four and America succeeded. He was not blessed with the length of time and he left us very early. Whenever I feel low, I just listen to one of his speeches.

    • @pattylevesque2601
      @pattylevesque2601 4 года назад +11

      so do I. I must have watched every speech at least 50 times in the last 4 years

    • @petepeterson5917
      @petepeterson5917 3 года назад +5

      It makes me sad seeing what America has turned into really.

    • @jkrasney1
      @jkrasney1 2 года назад +4

      @@pattylevesque2601 Like you, I have watched this particular speech at Rice University - many times. Kennedy's oratory skills, his vision and his self-effacing humor are second to none. Above all, his command of the audience, as he creates the visual picture of the role of America in Space.
      Kennedy may have passed away now almost more than sixty years ago; yet, America needs visionaries like JFK - to show the path of innovation, knowledge and skill.

  • @andersonnobre5163
    @andersonnobre5163 7 месяцев назад +11

    Here in Brazil We have got many streets and distritcs with to name "Pres. John Kennedy". We Brazilian people have got great admiration and respect for The most importante U.S. President!!! He was patriot and fight against "Deep State",he paid with his live.

  • @rohittripathi1378
    @rohittripathi1378 2 года назад +128

    More than 60 yrs have passed since this address and it is still awe inspiring.

    • @PreciousRye-Green-gj1mv
      @PreciousRye-Green-gj1mv 11 месяцев назад +1

      My mother died in May before JFK died in November. I was only 7 years old. I cried for years after then until in adulthood I was able to grieve and put it behind me. I loved my mother and my President JFK.

  • @pattylevesque2601
    @pattylevesque2601 4 года назад +64

    He set the bar so high that no president has ever come close listen to him...He was a president!!!

  • @profileincourage
    @profileincourage 11 месяцев назад +8

    Through intense back pain, extreme Texas heat, and high pressure expectations, John F. Kennedy stands there and delivers the most intelligent, informed, and entertaining speech that no one could imagine on their own, with a wealth of knowledge that exceeds any standard level of familiarity with history, budget structure, executive policy, and mechanical engineering. No other President since has come even close to this level of sophistication in national leadership, and no one likely ever will.

    • @daveoliver5838
      @daveoliver5838 11 месяцев назад

      Someone wrote the speech for him ?

  • @chuckwoods7382
    @chuckwoods7382 Год назад +85

    One of the greatest speeches by John F. Kennedy!!!🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

    • @DouglasRichardson-er4ky
      @DouglasRichardson-er4ky 6 месяцев назад +1

      ... many to choose from he was top shelf orator people liked the Kennedy family once upon a time these days maybe not so much 🪱 🧠

  • @jaredmclaren5571
    @jaredmclaren5571 4 года назад +112

    This is easily the highest quality audio of this speech I have heard. Normally the JFK Library audio files are crystal clear, but for some reason missed the mark on this one. I really appreciate you all posting this.
    Much love,
    James ❤

  • @nelsonmuturi2187
    @nelsonmuturi2187 10 месяцев назад +4

    Not even Kennedy could have a clue how the fruits of his great vision, i.e. the direct and corollary spillover from the fabulous "moon machines" as well as the remarkable science and technology surrounding the endeavor, would shape the world we live in today, including the internet and even new AI frontier.

  • @scotthiegel4756
    @scotthiegel4756 2 года назад +53

    Ted Sorensen wrote most of the speech with input from President Kennedy; so we are hearing his vision delivered by the visionary and great orator President John F. Kennedy. What a powerful combination!

  • @michaelphelan423
    @michaelphelan423 4 года назад +482

    No matter how many times I hear this, it is just as inspiring as when I heard it as a 12 year old

    • @MAHENDRADALVIGoa47
      @MAHENDRADALVIGoa47 3 года назад +4

      I was at the same age when he was sadly assassinated.

    • @TillURide420
      @TillURide420 Год назад +1

      You’re old

    • @RajSikdar-yg6ug
      @RajSikdar-yg6ug Год назад +1

      🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @martinhinkley201
    @martinhinkley201 Год назад +7

    That's how world leaders should speak to the public

  • @coltontweedale1220
    @coltontweedale1220 Год назад +104

    Im 21 years old and find myself listening to all the speaches from this man. Slain for no good reason..

    • @Sean.thegreat
      @Sean.thegreat 10 месяцев назад +8

      Me too! Look at us

    • @domingosteta1270
      @domingosteta1270 10 месяцев назад

      Eu acho que JFK ,foi morto por inveja dos Repúblicanos sob conivência de alguns sectaristas da CIA,ele estava sendo magnânimo e equilibrado com a crise dos mísseis em Cuba daí a máfia latina e castrista com beneplácito de Moscovo de Nikita Kruchev

    • @garyfrancis6193
      @garyfrancis6193 6 месяцев назад +5

      Speeches. You could start by learning to spell.

    • @AnaFerreira-h4k
      @AnaFerreira-h4k 4 месяца назад +1

      ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @AnaFerreira-h4k
      @AnaFerreira-h4k 4 месяца назад

      ​@Sean.the❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤great

  • @darrellholmes5552
    @darrellholmes5552 3 года назад +36

    This man had a way with words on EVERY speech. Though I am only 50 now in 2021, I feel that he was my favorite president. And what happened to him really make me feel some type of way, a humiliation deeper for this country almost, than how I feel about slavery. And I'm a black man. SMH. R.I.P.)ower Mr John F. Kennedy.

  • @tedtimothy9074
    @tedtimothy9074 Год назад +4

    Just because something is hard doesn't make it worthwhile. He might have said something like mankind is stepping out to begin exploring the stars

  • @SolaceAndBane
    @SolaceAndBane 3 года назад +78

    I am amazed that Kennedy is accurately describing the costs and risks of the space program, without losing its persuasive value. Today, our politicians ignore all trade offs of the programs they propose when addressing the public.

    • @Dowell318
      @Dowell318 Год назад +7

      Yeah, that struck me too. He acknowledged the costs, and it even broke it down to the person (40 cent per person, to go up to 50 cent), to make it understandable. A gallon of gas in 1960 was about 31 cent, so it would be equivalent to maybe $4 per person today. So it's not zero, but not overly burdensome. Still great to hear honesty there.

  • @elaknalon23
    @elaknalon23 Год назад +40

    I sometimes come back to watch this speech and draw inspiration to see beyond what I cannot see today

  • @champaray8025
    @champaray8025 Год назад +3

    Perhaps JFK's greatest speech (among many) and one of the best addresses by a President in the last 150 years.

  • @abbakabba321
    @abbakabba321 4 года назад +152

    16:53 "...causing heat about half that on the temperature of the sun, almost as hot as it is here today" lol

    • @fabiollopes
      @fabiollopes 4 года назад +9

      A witty man

    • @vincentlussier8264
      @vincentlussier8264 3 года назад +10

      The only president that could give a speech and throw in a joke!

  • @huascar66
    @huascar66 Год назад +60

    I am always impressed that Mr. Kennedy gave his speeches simply from note cards on the podium. Not a teleprompter in sight.

    • @AnaFerreira-h4k
      @AnaFerreira-h4k 4 месяца назад

      ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @AnaFerreira-h4k
      @AnaFerreira-h4k 4 месяца назад

      ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @antoniot2510
      @antoniot2510 21 день назад

      Teleprompters were mainly used for soap operas back then.

  • @VaughnBroadcasting
    @VaughnBroadcasting 11 месяцев назад

    🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
    00:00 🌌 *Space exploration is a shared endeavor, not restricted by the efforts of any one nation.*
    00:29 🚀 *JFK urges Congress to commit to landing a man on the moon and safely returning him before the end of the decade, emphasizing its global significance.*
    00:55 💡 *The development of lunar spacecraft, exploration boosters, and engines is proposed, acknowledging the challenges and expenses involved.*
    01:24 🌐 *The mission to the moon is portrayed as a national effort, emphasizing the collective work of the entire nation for the success of the daring space flight.*
    Made with HARPA AIHow can i connect this video to the legistlative branch of the government?

  • @TheSeedpearl
    @TheSeedpearl 3 года назад +81

    A visionary and enthusiastic speaker and leader. What a gift to the US this man was.

  • @spincycle5719
    @spincycle5719 2 года назад +54

    9:50 the most iconic part “not because they are easy, but because they are hard”

  • @yonatanelizarov6747
    @yonatanelizarov6747 5 месяцев назад +10

    Speech ahead of its time

  • @Allan_O._Muthiga
    @Allan_O._Muthiga 5 лет назад +191

    Jack was great. Thoughtful. Witty, charming, intelligent, respectful, thorough. You did your part Jack. May the Lord keep your soul.

    • @tonyb1984
      @tonyb1984 4 года назад +2

      @MADELINE SAUNDERS that's what he was called outside the office

    • @michaelsanchez9594
      @michaelsanchez9594 4 года назад

      He was catholic so he had to die. Can't threaten southern Baptist Christians, all hail union baptist church.

    • @tonyb1984
      @tonyb1984 4 года назад +12

      @@michaelsanchez9594do the world a favor and go count mufflers on the interstate

    • @martinhill2583
      @martinhill2583 2 года назад +1

      Not too much respect for Jackie tho, sadly. Public perception is everything to a politician

    • @mab1ism
      @mab1ism Год назад +1

      Of course God loved this little rascal

  • @kommandantgalileo
    @kommandantgalileo 2 года назад +27

    The more I listen to this speech, the more I realize JFK was one of, if not the most intelligent US President of all time, he was also a great speaker.

  • @McflowG
    @McflowG 8 месяцев назад +7

    Greatest president the united states ever had

  • @chetankamble6904
    @chetankamble6904 4 года назад +38

    I m from India....but I love Sir John F Kennedy ...His each and every word in the Moon speech makes a rush of adrenaline.....

    • @stephenwright8824
      @stephenwright8824 3 года назад +8

      Please, call him *Mr* John F Kennedy. It's unseemly and disrespectful to use the title _Sir_ on someone who was President of a republic, whose immediate ancestors came from a part of Ireland where men took up arms against England on numerous occasions (County Wexford).

  • @dmmchugh3714
    @dmmchugh3714 4 года назад +81

    Such an inspirational and witty speech. Love the interspersed comment about Rice football playing Texas ! He woke up a few people with that comment !
    Kennedy was before my time , but I listen to his speeches whenever I need an uplift .

    • @fabiollopes
      @fabiollopes 4 года назад +1

      The Rice football team?

    • @ER0CK5_
      @ER0CK5_ Год назад

      ​@@fabiollopesyes.

  • @Glogdome
    @Glogdome 8 месяцев назад +3

    An absolute titan of American rhetoric. The conclusion is my favorite part 18:06 onwards, the jokes were well written to boot.

  • @chuckersimsII
    @chuckersimsII 4 года назад +183

    He was one of the greatest presidents we have ever had

    • @shubhammohapatra1582
      @shubhammohapatra1582 4 года назад +10

      He was a great orator but not a great president

    • @mikevids8107
      @mikevids8107 4 года назад +15

      Shubham Mohapatra he was one of our best presidents! A war hero who served his country and saved the lives of some of his men, a man who, during the height of the Cold War deescalated tensions (although the bay of pigs attack was pretty bad), someone who pushed civil rights forward. Pushed for space technology which has many benefits for common people. Ultimately brought the people of the US together which we take for granted as today our presidents now make the country very divided.

    • @shubhammohapatra1582
      @shubhammohapatra1582 4 года назад +8

      @@mikevids8107 How can you say he was great ? He was slow on civil rights , unsure about vietnam and escalated tensions with cuba. In his short presidency none of his proposed bills actually became acts. All his important bills like civil rights , medicare , tax cuts passed after his death by lyndon johnson. People give him credit in cuban missile crisis but it is a true fact that the crisis was caused by jfk only. He was not sure what to do about vietnam , many people predict that he was waiting for a second term to call back american troops but again it was he who increased military advisers there , so he is not more than a overrated president .
      All he had was good looks , charming personality , oratory skills , a beautiful wife and a kennedy surname ...

    • @snowman374th
      @snowman374th 4 года назад +1

      3rd. TRUMP#1 2020... Save your tears. I don't feel for you

    • @goldenfacejacob2393
      @goldenfacejacob2393 4 года назад +3

      Yes because he did what the other presidents didn’t want to do like the moon 🌙 landing he went above and beyond literally

  • @hawksfan8870
    @hawksfan8870 3 года назад +35

    This is why I love JFK so much! He had a great belief that America could once and for all stay at peace and go to the moon. And because he was so kind and had a good sense of humor.

  • @Htdy4c
    @Htdy4c 6 месяцев назад +3

    Rip
    I am from Sudan and I would like to say that he is one of the greatest and best presidents in the history of the United States of America

  • @mequelvilareus9671
    @mequelvilareus9671 Год назад +40

    Holly f*** this speech is amazing and chilling. So many great things said in less than 25 minutes that summarise the best of humankind.

    • @davidpage3893
      @davidpage3893 9 месяцев назад

      Biden(Sleepy Joe)would’ve plagiarized some of the words in this speech, but spread them out in a certain order hoping one would see it to glorify himself for not doing nothing in his corrupt life except to enrich himself by destroying our country.

  • @TheKingofjune
    @TheKingofjune Год назад +27

    This man got me involved in politics about fifty years ago! One of our greatest presidents. Love ❤️ JFK and RFK.

  • @Lordmattg
    @Lordmattg Год назад +2

    Greatest speech ever given. I live my life by these words.

  • @wholebetter
    @wholebetter 4 года назад +128

    Never has there been a President with his class and vision !

    • @ShaggyPWN
      @ShaggyPWN 3 года назад +3

      Class? He shamelessly cheated on his wife.

    • @abrahamlincoln8037
      @abrahamlincoln8037 3 года назад +2

      @@ShaggyPWN oh umm- eh u- 🥴🥴

    • @thesource4189
      @thesource4189 3 года назад

      JFK would be the unamoius choice to run C Regime when Plan Z Agenda ends ✊🏽

    • @greggnelson9973
      @greggnelson9973 3 года назад

      Until Reagon

    • @NipponKiwi
      @NipponKiwi 3 года назад +3

      I hope Brandon is taking notes on how to communicate! Let's Go Brandon!

  • @Lordclase
    @Lordclase 2 года назад +35

    I love this Man legacy. Love everything about his character. THE MAN.

  • @lineheart972
    @lineheart972 6 месяцев назад +9

    Oh how low we have fallen

    • @mangalshahi9287
      @mangalshahi9287 12 дней назад

      Jay Hind sar🇮🇳🇩🇪🇩🇪🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

  • @staceyrobinson771
    @staceyrobinson771 2 года назад +18

    From Australia 2022 Thankyou Sir for what you stood for 🇦🇺❤️

  • @EchoesDistant
    @EchoesDistant 2 года назад +17

    It's now a month past the 60th anniversary of this monumental speech. "WE CHOOSE TO GO TO THE MOON IN THIS DECADE..." replays in my head over and over after the successful launch of the SLS for the (ongoing as of this post 11/18/22) Artemis I mission.
    We will be returning to the moon in this decade, not to visit, but to stay! GO ARTEMIS!

  • @georgewashington3918
    @georgewashington3918 10 месяцев назад +2

    “causing heat about half that on the temperature of the Sun. Almost as hot as it is here today.”
    Even Kennedy knew Houston was hot as hell

  • @gregoryphillips3969
    @gregoryphillips3969 3 года назад +28

    The bravery, the commitment, the passion that Kennedy brought to his vision for this country and it's citizens truly lit up the world. What a gift Kennedy was. Take a snapshot for your mind. You will not see his like again.

  • @ysobel6965
    @ysobel6965 4 года назад +43

    What an inspiration after all these years🙌🏻He’ll forever lived in the hearts of people even non Americans!

  • @okleydokeye2854
    @okleydokeye2854 4 года назад +25

    I watch this and weep tears of joy pride and sorrow.

  • @jarrodkeiser9458
    @jarrodkeiser9458 Год назад +8

    Replace space exploration with whatever your goals are and its one of the best motivational speeches ever. Starting a company, fitness goals, Kennedy made the American people one whole, a wonder that we all were a part of one entity.

  • @AmericanPreacher
    @AmericanPreacher Год назад +1

    Long gone are inspirational presidential speeches such as this. He was able to speak on the magnitude of such an achievement as the space program and going to the moon, yet reminded us of the dangers of hubris.

  • @bingandsatchmo
    @bingandsatchmo 3 года назад +29

    We choose to go to the Moon. We choose to go to the Moon...We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win, and the others, too.

    • @georgewilliams8357
      @georgewilliams8357 3 года назад +5

      @John F. Kennedy
      Amen.✝️😂

    • @intrepid5646
      @intrepid5646 3 года назад

      And he could of said, save our earth from greed and stupidly

  • @therealtampadude9175
    @therealtampadude9175 3 года назад +71

    It's so sad that he didn't live to see that great dream realized. God Tier speech for sure!

    • @ThoughtsOfBonaparte
      @ThoughtsOfBonaparte Год назад +6

      imagine the speech after succeeding the dream!

    • @stevesmolik24
      @stevesmolik24 Год назад +6

      President Kennedy already saw his dream come true before he made this speech. The rest of us had to wait until 1969 to see his dream come true.

  • @ashjogalekar8814
    @ashjogalekar8814 Год назад +1

    One of the greatest speeches in American history. Not just for the incrediblyinspiring words but for the sheer level of detail a president went into, and that people appreciated.

  • @mutuamulinge6158
    @mutuamulinge6158 2 года назад +47

    I regret not listening to this speech earlier .So confident and full of conviction. Very honest .

  • @dylanburns3290
    @dylanburns3290 Год назад +25

    When passion meets intellect... all in for good. What a man

  • @amochswohntet99
    @amochswohntet99 Год назад +1

    Rice has one of the best material science programs in the country, if not the best.

  • @hughbarton5743
    @hughbarton5743 2 года назад +26

    This speech, the Gettysburg Address, Churchill's bone - chilling
    "We shall fight...", FDR's " A day which will live in infamy..."
    Don't know if this sort of thing is even taught in schools anymore...but if it is, students, if you closely examine these examples, and utilize the knowledge therein, you will get a 4.0....
    Been watching this a bazillion times...always makes me tear up...
    Godspeed, Jack.

    • @johnprimm35
      @johnprimm35 9 месяцев назад +1

      Very well said. Those are truly great speeches, nothing like what passes for oratory today. We can but hope the pendulum will swing back to this sort of speech.

    • @hughbarton5743
      @hughbarton5743 9 месяцев назад

      Thank you.

    • @todddeely1741
      @todddeely1741 9 месяцев назад

      of course it is taught in school

    • @todddeely1741
      @todddeely1741 9 месяцев назад

      @@johnprimm35 listen to Obama after the Sandy Hook shooting or at the funeral of Clementa Pickney

  • @MoosesValley
    @MoosesValley 3 года назад +20

    Amazingly inspirational seven decades later. A great statesman and one of the greatest presidents and leaders. And he had the hutzpah and the vision to send us to the moon - not just for the USA but for all of us.

  • @JohnSmith-zw8vp
    @JohnSmith-zw8vp 7 месяцев назад +3

    That must've been so cool to see the 60s Golden Age of Space Travel. I bet he would be so disappointed that we've not been back to the moon in over 50 years.

  • @sneechuc6921
    @sneechuc6921 4 года назад +17

    Imagine seeing that beautiful American flag fly so blissfully and triumphant behind one of this country's greatest leaders. Truly a sight to behold.

  • @randymiller3075
    @randymiller3075 2 года назад +24

    I was 6years old when this most wonderful speech was given. JACK,WE SO DEEPLY MISS YOU AND YOUR BROTHER BOBBY!

  • @emmanuelmush6732
    @emmanuelmush6732 8 месяцев назад +3

    God bless you from the world up to heaven

  • @CaptainDarkFighter
    @CaptainDarkFighter 2 года назад +44

    “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard! Because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills.Because that challenge is one we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone! One we intend to win, and the others too.”
    Amazing speech.
    Without him; we may have lost the space race :(

  • @cgpapineau
    @cgpapineau Год назад +6

    Truly inspirational! JFK loved to use contrasting comparisons in many speeches, and this one is no different. I love how he inspires by showing what lies in front of us and what it tells us about ourselves when facing a daunting task. When he says, "Why climb the highest mountain?" followed up with "Why does Rice play Texas?" we understand that the truly great people want to measure themselves against the best competition or the most challenging task. It's all about perspective. Either we embrace the great challenges, or we shrink away from them. Americans, throughout their history, have welcomed and embraced those challenges. When the right leadership is there, nothing can hold back the United States of America.

  • @LCAPLS88
    @LCAPLS88 2 года назад +24

    John Kennedy was a great, inspirational president.

  • @raymondmurphy9593
    @raymondmurphy9593 3 года назад +20

    Wow! What a speech President Kennedy . " Some men see things as they are and say why I dream things that never were and say why not"

    • @ER0CK5_
      @ER0CK5_ Год назад

      That's an RFK quote. Ted even quoted it during his eulogy.

    • @tperk
      @tperk Год назад

      @@ER0CK5_ RFK cribbed it from George Bernard Shaw. But it's still the most inspirational quote ever put on paper.

  • @frankm7707
    @frankm7707 6 месяцев назад +5

    This is what a true leader of the free world should be.

    • @I321Oo
      @I321Oo 5 месяцев назад

      The same powerful resonance is coming today from his nephew Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Who is carrying the torch STRONGLY.

  • @ArjunSingh-dd8pv
    @ArjunSingh-dd8pv 3 года назад +8

    May God bless the memory of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. May the Union and the Constitution live forever. May God bless the United States of America.

  • @alightthatnevergoesout
    @alightthatnevergoesout Год назад +9

    That standing ovation at the start that kept going well past when he was ready to speak. Biden isn't getting that ovation at a neutral setting, neither is Trump, or any other politician today. JFK was a different breed. One of the greatest and most beloved leaders ever. May God rest his wonderful soul.

  • @JJ227-d2f
    @JJ227-d2f Год назад +4

    I am learning about this am in 3rd grade

  • @marcatkinson5187
    @marcatkinson5187 2 года назад +19

    This needs to be mandatory viewing in every school in America.

  • @gusdogas7759
    @gusdogas7759 3 года назад +24

    Such a inspirational speech from JFK ! He absolutely knew America could & would put a Man on the moon by the end of the decade ! Such a young and dynamic President Of The United States ! Thank God for giving us such a leader as JFK ! 👍👍👍

  • @nelsonmuturi2187
    @nelsonmuturi2187 10 месяцев назад +1

    It is truly great vision that separates great leaders. To watch a president inspire and motivate his nation to go beyond itself brings tears to my eyes because it is what we're sourly lacking here in Africa to overcome our poverty and soar to the stars 😊

  • @jeffallcock4561
    @jeffallcock4561 4 года назад +189

    What might we have accomplished as a country had this man lived

    • @michaelsanchez9594
      @michaelsanchez9594 4 года назад +3

      Right, i was thinking the same thing. But i was like what could we have accomplished. If the Christian white supremacist deep state didn't kill him.

    • @doogieanese
      @doogieanese 4 года назад +5

      You mean the Mob and Johnson?

    • @JaiHylRubis
      @JaiHylRubis 4 года назад +4

      @@doogieanese he had to go as he was on his way, on that fateful day in Dallas, to reveal the truth about extraterrestrial existance here on earth ... that was not going to be allowed.
      💖🙏🌻

    • @bobritasue
      @bobritasue Год назад

      @@JaiHylRubis now they have to go, leave us humans and nice peoples to it ,that wanna help with free energy < clean energy lol, not traffic humans about , spread fake news , wars, drugs etc etc

    • @bobritasue
      @bobritasue Год назад

      no more farming , no more pizzas , hope the pizza eating farmers all get there karma soon, THEY DID LOL

  • @johndough201
    @johndough201 2 года назад +9

    Smooth operator, handsome, youthful with a gorgeous wife & small kids, JFK was magnetic back then & this country's not seen the likes of someone like him since that day in Dallas.

  • @Martin-fl7fe
    @Martin-fl7fe Месяц назад

    Why have I stumbled on this? On this date is Crazy to me but I never seen this speech but heard of it. I'm here in Houston and the speech he gave was Supered to see! Great Man!

  • @rocksjoshua
    @rocksjoshua 2 года назад +10

    I miss when Presidents used to set challenges like this for our country. The not routine “bring back jobs” or non stop economic talk. Set a goal for our nation! Set a goal for our people! Something we can all get behind as Americans. Challenge our people, and I promise we will meet that challenge!

  • @jaredmclaren5571
    @jaredmclaren5571 4 года назад +11

    I don't know why, but when he turns on his booming voice at 4:28, I always get chills ("SO IT IS NOT SURPRISING...")

  • @JulieLovorn
    @JulieLovorn Месяц назад

    For all the work Uncle Bill you put into the Apollo Project.

  • @Tomothy-e3b
    @Tomothy-e3b 4 года назад +95

    As an Australian millennial, I can confidently say this is the only politician that I have any respect for. On both continents, and he died 26 years before I was born. He is a very skilled orator. Imagine where US spaceflight would be if he had survived.

    • @erikbakker1531
      @erikbakker1531 4 года назад +5

      I have thought about your question. It made me wonder. What has been the effect of president Kennedy being murdered on all of the people who worked on the Apollo program? How has the death of president Kennedy influenced their will and resolve to be succesful? In a way, I think, there might also be an element of tribute in the moonlanding. As in a means to honour, in an unprecedented way, the life of the very man who gave them the challenge.

    • @ShaggyPWN
      @ShaggyPWN 3 года назад +5

      NASA is what it is almost entirely because of James Webb. He fought tooth and nail against Kennedy and his administration to make NASA strictly about science and exploration. Your admiration for Kennedy is a bit misplaced, in my opinion. He was a hell of an orator, but a man of incredibly dubious morals. But he was assassinated 2 years into his first term. It's easy to make a martyr of him.

    • @shailendrasingh2016
      @shailendrasingh2016 3 года назад +2

      Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed hundred thousand innocent children and women

    • @microwavefish
      @microwavefish 3 года назад

      I whole-heartedly agree.

    • @stiannobelisto573
      @stiannobelisto573 3 года назад +4

      @@shailendrasingh2016 Japan was not innocent you know, also Kennedy had nothing to do with that

  • @williamm374
    @williamm374 4 года назад +48

    Kepler wrote to Galileo that there will be ships to sail the voids between the stars, and there will be men to sail those ships. Kennedy did it.

    • @shailendrasingh2016
      @shailendrasingh2016 3 года назад

      Vaccine unless you have any questions regarding the allegations that you have

  • @Themayor15
    @Themayor15 7 месяцев назад +1

    Best speech ever! This is a true American President.