"We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty."
~John F. Kennedy (Inauguration Speech)
The fallacy committed in this quote is begging the question because JFK is saying that if we as a country do not pay any price, bear and burden, or anything else, our country will not have successful liberty. Our country can have successful liberty without doing all the things JFK mentions, he uses the begging the question fallacy to support his statement. Even though JFK's speech had fallacies in it, the speech was still successful and famous because it had heart and feeling and patriotism. His speech made people believe in their country. He was upfront with many things and even said that he will start things that may not get completed in 1000 days or more but we should still stick together no matter what.
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