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| The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardener objected that the tree was slow growing and would not reach maturity for 100 years. The Marshall replied, 'In that case, there is no time to lose; plant it this afternoon!' | |
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John F.
Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917.
Graduating from Harvard in 1940, then he entered the Navy. In 1943,
when his pt boat was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer, led
the survivors through perilous waters to safety. The Kennedy
family had long been active in politics. Rose Kennedy was the
daughter of John F. Fitzgerald, who, as mayor of Boston
Massachusetts, was popularly known as " Honey Fitz ". Joseph Kennedy
was the son of Patrick Kennedy, a successful business man and a
prominent Boston Politician. He likes Harvard. The reason he is popular is because Kennedy used his undergraduate thesis at Harvard as the basis for a book, why England Slept ( 1940 ), a study of Britain's response to German rearmament prior to World War II. The book gained attention in England and the United States. Kennedy graduated from Harvard in 1940. For a few months he attended Stanford University's business school and then he traveled in South America. Despite frequent illness, Kennedy was a good athlete. While at Harvard he concentrated especially hard on swimming and with his brother Joe won the intercollegiate sailing title. However, he was forced to give up football after injuring his spine in practice. As a new member of the Congress of United States, Kennedy supported legislation that would serve the interests of his constituents. Although he usually backed the bills sponsored by his party, he often showed his independence by voting with the Republicans against measure sponsored by the Truman administration. He also joined with Republicans in criticizing |
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Works Cited Quotes from: http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/1928.html Information from: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jk35.ht picture from: http://free-stock-photos.com/president/kennedy/kennedy1.html
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