JFK's 1961 speech given to the Press

JFK's famous 1961 speech given to the press; "The President and the Press" or the "clear and present danger" speech. Because he is actually trying to warn the Press about Communist infiltration and even about a sorta conspiracy that he alleges... well... you be the judge of that, but the most famous part is probably where he says: "For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence - on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day. It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations. Its preparations are concealed, not published. Its mistakes are buried, not headlined. Its dissenters are silenced..."

JFK Kennedy Speech

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