[00:03.686]I am proud
[00:07.170]To come to this city as the guest of your distinguished mayor
[00:14.177]Who has symbolized
[00:16.189]Throughout the world the fighting spirit of west Berlin
[00:22.184]And i am proud
[00:31.186]And i am proud to visit the Federal Republic with your distinguished Chancellor
[00:38.214]Who for so many years
[00:40.641]Has committed Germany to Democracy
[00:45.517]And freedom and progress
[00:48.497]And to come here in the company of my fellow American general clay
[01:03.384]Who has been in this city during its greatest moment of crisis
[01:09.317]And will come again if ever needed
[01:20.788]Two thousand years ago
[01:23.749]Two thousand years ago
[01:26.450]the proudest boast was
[01:29.286]"civis Romanus sum"
[01:33.288]Today, in the world of freedom
[01:37.796]the proudest boast is
[01:40.278]"Ich bin ein Berliner"
[01:53.667]There are many people in the world who really don't understand
[02:00.517]what is the great issue between the free world and the Communist world
[02:10.370]Let them come to Berlin
[02:22.925]There are some who say that Communism is the wave of the future
[02:31.830]Let them come to Berlin
[02:40.417]And there are some who say in Europe and else where we can work with the Communists
[02:48.941]Let them come to Berlin
[02:56.686]And there are even a few who say that it is true that communism is an evil system, but it permits us to make economic progress
[03:13.451]Lass' sie nach Berlin kommen
[03:26.772]Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect
[03:35.290]but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in, to prevent them from leaving us
[04:00.042]I want to say
[04:04.042]on behalf of my country men
[04:07.042]who live many miles away on the other side of the Atlantic
[04:14.042]who are far distant from you
[04:16.042]that they take the greatest pride that they have been able to share with you even from a distance, the story of the last 18 years
[04:29.392]I know of no town
[04:32.692]no city
[04:34.392]that has been besieged for 18 years that still lives with the vitality and the force
[04:45.392]and the hope and the determination of the city of West Berlin
[04:59.811]While the wall is the most obvious and vivid demonstration of the failures of the Communist system
[05:10.511]for all the world to see
[05:12.111]we take no satisfaction in it
[05:16.111]for it is
[05:17.111]as your Mayor has said
[05:21.111]an offense not only against history
[05:23.123]but an offense against humanity
[05:26.123]separating families
[05:28.123]dividing husbands and wives and brothers and sisters
[05:33.123]and dividing a people who wish to be joined together
[05:37.047]What is true of this city is true of Germany
[05:45.047]real, lasting peace in Europe can never be assured
[05:51.047]as long as one German out of four is denied the elementary right of free men
[06:00.047]and that is to make a free choice
[06:02.512]In 18 years of peace and good faith
[06:08.512]this generation of Germans has earned the right to be free
[06:14.612]including the right to unite their families and their nation in lasting peace
[06:22.312]with good will to all people
[06:34.401]You live in a defended island of freedom, but your life is part of the main
[06:42.160]So let me ask you as I close
[06:44.160]to lift your eyes beyond the dangers of today
[06:49.160]to the hopes of tomorrow
[06:52.160]beyond the freedom merely of this city of Berlin
[06:56.160]or your country of Germany
[06:58.160]to the advance of freedom everywhere
[07:02.160]beyond the wall to the day of peace with justice
[07:08.160]beyond yourselves and ourselves to all mankind
[07:13.228]Freedom is indivisible
[07:16.228]and when one man is enslaved, all are not free
[07:21.243]When all are free
[07:24.243]then we can look forward to that day when this city will be joined
[07:29.243]as one and this country and this great Continent of Europe in a peaceful and hopeful globe
[07:36.897]When that day finally comes, as it will
[07:41.597]the people of West Berlin can take sober satisfaction
[07:46.597]in the fact that they were in the front lines for almost two decades
[08:06.815]All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin
[08:17.115]and, therefore, as a free man
[08:19.115]I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner"

I am proud
To come to this city as the guest of your distinguished mayor
Who has symbolized
Throughout the world the fighting spirit of west Berlin
And i am proud
And i am proud to visit the Federal Republic with your distinguished Chancellor
Who for so many years
Has committed Germany to Democracy
And freedom and progress
And to come here in the company of my fellow American general clay
Who has been in this city during its greatest moment of crisis
And will come again if ever needed
Two thousand years ago
Two thousand years ago
the proudest boast was
"civis Romanus sum"
Today, in the world of freedom
the proudest boast is
"Ich bin ein Berliner"
There are many people in the world who really don't understand
what is the great issue between the free world and the Communist world
Let them come to Berlin
There are some who say that Communism is the wave of the future
Let them come to Berlin
And there are some who say in Europe and else where we can work with the Communists
Let them come to Berlin
And there are even a few who say that it is true that communism is an evil system, but it permits us to make economic progress
Lass' sie nach Berlin kommen
Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect
but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in, to prevent them from leaving us
I want to say
on behalf of my country men
who live many miles away on the other side of the Atlantic
who are far distant from you
that they take the greatest pride that they have been able to share with you even from a distance, the story of the last 18 years
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 and the determination of the city of West Berlin
While the wall is the most obvious and vivid demonstration of the failures of the Communist system
for all the world to see
we take no satisfaction in it
for it is
as your Mayor has said
an offense not only against history
but an offense against humanity
separating families
dividing husbands and wives and brothers and sisters
and dividing a people who wish to be joined together
What is true of this city is true of Germany
real, lasting peace in Europe can never be assured
as long as one German out of four is denied the elementary right of free men
and that is to make a free choice
In 18 years of peace and good faith
this generation of Germans has earned the right to be free
including the right to unite their families and their nation in lasting peace
with good will to all people
You live in a defended island of freedom, but your life is part of the main
So let me ask you as I close
to lift your eyes beyond the dangers of today
to the hopes of tomorrow
beyond the freedom merely of this city of Berlin
or your country of Germany
to the advance of freedom everywhere
beyond the wall to the day of peace with justice
beyond yourselves and ourselves to all mankind
Freedom is indivisible
and when one man is enslaved, all are not free
When all are free
then we can look forward to that day when this city will be joined
as one and this country and this great Continent of Europe in a peaceful and hopeful globe
When that day finally comes, as it will
the people of West Berlin can take sober satisfaction
in the fact that they were in the front lines for almost two decades
All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin
and, therefore, as a free man
I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner"