Heed President Kennedy’s words
The following is an excerpt from President Kennedy’s Secret Society speech:
“The very word secrecy is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings. And there is a very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon by those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and concealment. And so it is to the printing press-to the recorder of man’s deeds, the keeper of his conscience, the courier of his news – that we look for strength and assistance, confident that with your help man will be what he was born to be: free and independent.”
The Republic of the United States of America died along with President Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963. I implore all Americans to YouTube JFK Secret Society speech and listen to the full speech.
Richard Telles, Fresno
This story was originally published September 15, 2015 at 9:51 AM with the headline "Heed President Kennedy’s words."