All this week we are celebrating the immortal words of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, our 35th President. “JFK,” as he is often called, is generally regarded as among the finest orators ever to hold the nation’s highest office, on a par with Washington, Lincoln, and the Roosevelts.
Original: “The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie — deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.” – John F. Kennedy
Improved: “The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie — deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought, except the Kennedy Myth.”
