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Profiles in Courage

Written by: John F. Kennedy
Narrated by: John F. Kennedy Jr., Caroline Kennedy
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"This is a book about that most admirable of human virtues - courage. 'Grace under pressure', Ernest Hemingway defined it. And these are the stories of the pressures experienced by eight United States senators and the grace with which they endured them." (John F. Kennedy)

During 1954-1955, John F. Kennedy, then a US senator, chose eight of his historical colleagues to profile for their acts of astounding integrity in the face of overwhelming opposition. These heroes include John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Thomas Hart Benton, and Robert A. Taft.

Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1957, Profiles in Courage - now reissued, featuring a new introduction by Caroline Kennedy as well as Robert Kennedy's foreword written for the memorial edition of the volume in 1964 - resounds with timeless lessons on the most cherished of virtues and is a powerful reminder of the strength of the human spirit. It is, as Robert Kennedy states in the foreword, "not just stories of the past but a hook of hope and confidence for the future. What happens to the country, to the world, depends on what we do with what others have left us".

©1955, 1956 John F. Kennedy; copyright 1984 renewed by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Foreword copyright 1964 by Robert F. Kennedy. Introduction copyright 2003 by Caroline Kennedy. (P)2003, 2016 HarperCollins Publishers
Biographies & Memoirs Historical Philosophy Politics & Government United States
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truths that most be heard again

I Hope all politicians , businessmen, whom ever decides for the other listen to this, especially in the times we live in.

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Timeless!

JFK makes a persuasive case that politicians should be honoured for having the courage to do the right thing, as they see it to be done, especially when they understand their actions will be devastating to their careers and their reputations.

I listened to this book in December, 2019, 64 years after JFK wrote it. The book is as relevant today as ever. I think it should be on every high school syllabus in the U.S.A. but it is just as relevant to the citizens of other democracies.

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