Kennedy's speech to the nation's newspaper publishers and editors conveys the feeling of the times.

The young men of Kennedy's generation fought against dictators, tyrants and murderers in World War Two.

They developed their careers during the rise of the Soviet Union.

They truly cherished freedom - and because they'd fought for it they knew its value.

Freedom isn't free.

Sometimes you have to fight for it - or watch it taken from you.

Kennedy saw the results of dictatorship, secrecy, concealment and killing off dissent.

He speaks with a passion that's missing today.

Don't it always seem to be so?   That you don't know what you've got, 'til it's gone.