Stephen Kennedy Smith

Powerful example of how history teaches, and should remind. Highly appropriate quotation of John Buchan from Montrose: No great cause is ever lost or won, the battle must always be rejoined and the creed restated, and the old formulas, once so potent a revelation, become only dim antiquarian echoes. JFK speeches display a logic blended with passionate optimism and confidence in the better angels of flawed persons. They test well against contemporary, seemingly timeless political and human problems. Revisiting his ideas, or an initial acquaintance, are presented in a coherent, flowing editing of speeches and commentary… (mehr)