While reading ‘’Inaugural Address’’ by John F. Kennedy and ‘’The Gettysburg Address’’ by Abraham Lincoln I noticed that both Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy had similar large positive effects in american history. Both John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln spoke about lack of equality, liberty of all people and they both worked hard for colored people. Lincoln wanted to free the slaves while Kennedy wanted black people to be treated equally. They both wanted freedom for colored people. In the “Inaugural Address” Kennedy says “We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty.” and “ask not what your country can do, but what you can do for your country.” He says this basically explaining that we should have equality within all of us and that we need to do more for our people and our country rather than worrying about what our country can do for us. When Lincoln speaks, he says “a new birth of freedom and the government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” He’s talking about human equality and change that has to be done in order for there to actually be equality within all humans. Both Kennedy and Lincoln wanted the same thing, equality and freedom for humans, especially colored people and they tried their best to create change and they did. Unfortunately they both wanted the same and they were both the only presidents that were assassinated. They will always be remembred. 

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