In his inaugural address, President Kennedy challenged the country to "ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do your country." Historian Fredrik Logevall explains that Kennedy believed the nation would rise or fall depending on how much ordinary Americans would commit themselves to public service in some form.
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