History, indeed, repeats itself. [Enduring Words]

all of us become aware -- in the course of an average day -- of small moments, snippets of presidential speeches. there are tons of them, constantly -- the president always seems to be speaking somewhere, saying something to someone -- and it's simply a fact of life that during "normal" times, most presidential remarks don't have national impact. sometimes you have to hold them up and highlight them -- so we can read them and concentrate on them, away from the heat of the day and debate, and reflect on them. so i offer, for that purpose, these words from the president:

"our adversaries have not abandoned their ambitions, our dangers have not diminished, our vigilance cannot be relaxed. but now we have the military, the scientific, and the economic strength to do whatever must be done for the preservation and promotion of freedom. that strength will never be used in pursuit of aggressive ambitions -- it will always be used in pursuit of peace. it will never be used to promote provocations -- it will always be used to promote the peaceful settlement of disputes."

the words of the president. president john f. kennedy. it's a portion of the speech he never delivered: prepared for delivery at the dallas, texas trade mart on november 22, 1963.

[via the daily nightly]