WHo wrote JFK's speeches?

Answer 1

Bob Shrum -

No, he wrote for others (though never a winning presidential campaign).

It was Ted Sorenson, Arthur Schlesinger, and Richard Goodwin who wrote for Kennedy.

Answer 2

Yes, and No. JFK was a man who knew his own mind and thoughts and was also a writer. Better yet, he understood the power of the spoken or written word especially as an orator. Ted Sorensen his long time adviser and speech collaborator certainly had a hand in most everything Kennedy either said or published. The two collaborated closely on Kennedy's book, Profiles in Courage. Together the two were practically inseparable in style and substance. Like an old married couple that finishes each others sentences, this is often how they wrote together. It is speculated, in part from Sorensen's own writing about Kennedy that often Sorensen was the one to create the first draft, but these were created after great discussion and subsequent revisions passing back and forth often made it difficult to see where one man's words ended and the others began. Perhaps it is better said that neither man stood alone, but together created something better than both of them.

Answer 3

Kennedy and his speech writer, aide, and friend Ted Sorenson.

Answer 4

Ted Sorenson