Which US president made the ambitious pledge to "pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and success of liberty."

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (born May 29, 1917 – died November 22, 1963), commonly referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. In his inaugural address in 1961, President Kennedy made the ambitious pledge to "pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and success of liberty."

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William Hatter

His foreign policy would link more closely to today's Republican party, but his social programs were Democratic.

cgrhm

Kennedy was in the process of greatly escalating the Vietnam War. We needed more soldiers. "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country". He meant enlist in the military in a very unpopular war.