MS President JOHN F. KENNEDY (John Fitzgerald Kennedy, JFK, John Kennedy) delivering Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961: "And the glow from that fire can truly light the world. And so my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." Applause. "My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you but what together we can do for the freedom of man. Finally, whether you are--"