Kennedy marginally half-right, perhaps extremely half-wrong...

During his 1961 inaugural speech, John F. Kennedy was marginally half-right, perhaps more so, extremely half-wrong. For ask NOT what your country can do for you. Agreed! However ask NOT what you can do for your country, but ask what you can do by YOURSELF for YOURSELF and family long before considering communal, national, economical, environmental and/or social issues.

If each person pursues increased dependency on Self and decreased dependency on Government, then Individuality improves in character and well-being thus Community improves too in proportion.

If each person pursues decreased dependency on Self and increased dependency on Government, then Individuality declines in character and well-being thus Community declines too in proportion. 

Histories including that of United States have proven this observably logical axiom over and over again. Both the violence in American streets per US political/social covetousness and the violence in Mideast streets per US political/military covetousness are relatively indicative.

Come let us Reason (Is 1:18). Peace is always a Choice (Mt 5:9).

Study, Ponder, Labor, till last Breath (2 Tm 2:15 / Cl 3:23).