John Wayne Speaks to Americans of 2020

American opportunity has no limits has been known to knock more than once how about you very young people who see a tough life ahead well when Lee surrendered to grant at Appomattox Booker T Washington was a nine year old slave yet by the time he was 28 he became president of Tuskegee Institute and at eight months Neil Armstrong took his first small baby step toward mankind and fell flat on his face at six years old Mickey Mantle was settling for a base on balls at seven Wilt Chamberlain nailed to practice hoop ovaries garage without a ladder and at eight Charles Lindbergh was flying a kite wondering how'd it feel to be up that high at nine Burt Bacharach was thinking the piano lessons had never in how many of you are pushing 50 and complaining that the country is going to hell Crispus Attucks was in his forties when he died on State Street in Boston fighting for the freedom that we share and John F Kennedy was 44 when he asked not what his country could do for him on what he could do for his country and how many of you over 65 are just settling down not arrests after a busy life of a fella by the name of Eisenhower who had already lived one lifetime as a soldier was re-elected to the presidency when he was 67 years young well by now I've made my point or I never will all there's one other thing every man and woman or child I've ever known met seen or heard of wants one thing more than anything else in the world that one thing is tomorrow tomorrow that's the only thing any of us have going for us and I believe this if tomorrow all of us every single one of us gets out of bed and says this is my country and I'm going to do good for it we'll make the greatest step forward since a pilgrims foot found Plymouth Rock tomorrow remember this is my country and I'm gonna do good what just might work we'll never know unless we give it a fair try oh yeah there's one other thing I'll say tomorrow because I said every day of my life god bless america [Music] stand aside [Music] the night with mine [Music] the merry oh sure god [Music] my walls we [Music] [Applause] [Music] from the [Music] [Applause] [Music] white yeah my [Music] [Applause] [Music]

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Length: 4min 19sec (259 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 06 2020