[GoodyBrown]

Re: "Ask not..." JFK felt free to lift that line from the headmaster of Choate who in his opening day speech always said "Ask not what your school can do for you, ask what you can do for your school."

Just a bit of trivia...

[RLK]

Re: "Ask not..." JFK felt free to lift that line from the headmaster of Choate who in his opening day speech always said "Ask not what your school can do for you, ask what you can do for your school."

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Kennedy was semi-literate and could barely spell simple words. That line was probably penned by Ted Sorensen who wrote most of Kennedy's material for him.

[Angelique]

Thank you for that gem! How amazing that we never hear the truth.

[Angelique]

Thank you for that gem! How amazing that we never hear the truth.

[monkey]

Re: "Ask not..." JFK felt free to lift that line from the headmaster of Choate who in his opening day speech always said "Ask not what your school can do for you, ask what you can do for your school."

That phrase has been around (not surprisingly) a long time. Cicero said something very much like it, and is usually credited with it.