| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 770 |
| AUTHOR: | John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917–63) |
| QUOTATION: | The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it—and the glow from that fire can truly light the world. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | President JOHN F. KENNEDY, inaugural address, January 20, 1961.—The Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961, p. 3.
This is one of seven inscriptions carved on the walls at the gravesite of John F. Kennedy, Arlington National Cemetery. |
| SUBJECTS: | Government—citizen participation |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | |
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