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Fri 19 May, 2006 11:36 pm
watching the tube, I heard Rep. Cynthia Mckinney quote JFK: "war will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige as the warrior does today."
Searching google, I found many others who included that quote in their manifesto, but no attribution to time or place of its original publication. Anyone have a clue here? Thanks.
You'll find that quote directly attributed to JFK in
A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House: Schlesinger (Jr), A.M.
Houghton-Mifflin, Boston (1965)
ISBN: 0618219277
The citation appears at the end of Chapter III, Campaign for the Presidency, on page 76. The context of the statement is given, but I'm a real meany - if you want more, you've now got more than just what you need to go find it.
No prob Timber, the library is open today. Thanks!
Found the text at Amazon.com.
And, it seems that Kennedy did not say it. No quotes, no colon preceding the indented paragraph to indicate that this is what "he told his PT-boat friend".
Schlesinger wrote in a different age, when accuracy was paramount. It seems to me that the paragraph including the oft quoted line was Schlesinger's take on things, which Kennedy certainly may have agreed with.
Anyone without the book can search for "1000 days Kennedy", choose Amazon's listing for it, and search by page number, 88 in this case.
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