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Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in.
John F. Kennedy Ich bin ein Berliner speech · 1963

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“Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free.”

John F. Kennedy · Ich bin ein Berliner speech, 1963 · Primary source

“While the wall is the most obvious and vivid demonstration of the failures of the Communist system, for all the world to see, we take no satisfaction in it, for it is, as your Mayor has said, an offense not only against history but an offense against humanity, separating families, dividing husbands and wives and brothers and sisters, and dividing a people who wish to be joined together.”

John F. Kennedy · Ich bin ein Berliner speech, 1963 · Primary source

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John F. Kennedy · 1963
Ich bin ein Berliner speech

A declaration of solidarity with West Berlin, contrasting democratic freedom with communist rule and affirming Western commitment to the divided city.

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