i think its
"Don't ask what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
John F. Kennedy
2006-11-17 08:34:04 · 5 answers · asked by devoid162431 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Instead of, as an individual, asking for things from your country. As a whole you can come together and do things for your country. Which is doing things for yourself because each individual is a small piece that makes up a nation. So if we all work together we'd never go without.
2006-11-17 14:43:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dont take from the country, contribute to it.
Dont look to what you can get, see what you can give.
This was the time of the founding of the 'Peace Corp'.
When Kennedy wanted the Americans to be the good guys in the world by really helping developing countries in a hands on approach... ordinary Joe, not G I Joe.
2006-11-17 16:45:31 · answer #2 · answered by How e' ye Horse 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means pitch in and do your part to make the world a better place. Don't just sit around waiting for a handout expecting others to take care of you. Don't wait for a leader; be a leader, and help others to do the right thing.
2006-11-17 16:39:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's just rhetoric. He's trying to get people off welfare and other government subsidies...
2006-11-17 22:51:45 · answer #4 · answered by ••Mott•• 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means like help the enviroment
2006-11-17 16:37:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋