But wherever we are, we must all, in our daily lives, live up to the age-old faith that peace and freedom walk together. In too many of our cities today, the peace is not secure because freedom is incomplete." (John F. Kennedy, June 10, 1963, American University speech)

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Everyone can remember when John F. Kennedy said these words, but few have truly understood the meaning behind them. After giving the speech above, he would be assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. Why do people think about these words so much? The answer lies in the fact that the world he spoke of ended up being destroyed by war.

He said that peace and freedom walk together, or that they are one in the same. Once again, he was speaking about the importance of having both of these things in place. If you have one thing but not the other, you are not truly free.

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