and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in
I know of no town,
no city,
that has been besieged for 18 years
that still lives with the vitality
and the force
and the hope
"Ich bin ein Berliner."
[00:16.19]Two thousand years ago, [00:17.63] [00:22.04]Two thousand years ago, [00:23.22] [00:27.79]Two thousand years ago, [00:29.02] [00:30.62]the proudest boast was [00:31.82] [00:33.27]"civis romanus sum." [00:35.78] [00:37.92]Today, [00:38.69] [00:39.74]in the world of freedom, [00:40.89] [00:42.33]the proudest boast is [00:43.81] [00:45.07]"Ich bin ein Berliner." [00:46.97] [01:00.72]"Ich bin ein Berliner." [01:02.31] [01:47.24]"Ich bin ein Berliner." [01:49.08] [02:23.79]Freedom [02:24.72] [02:25.95]has many difficulties [02:27.15] [02:29.53]and democracy is not perfect, [02:33.85]but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in [02:37.80] [03:21.86]I know of no town, [03:23.33] [03:24.56]no city, [03:25.33] [03:26.38]that has been besieged for 18 years [03:30.44] [03:31.37]that still lives with the vitality [03:34.32] [03:35.10]and the force [03:35.86] [03:36.55]and the hope [03:37.37] [03:51.06]"Ich bin ein Berliner." [03:52.82] [04:24.31]
