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No, it was President John F. Kennedy who said, 'And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.' in his inaugural address on January 20, 1961.
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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson went to France to ask for assistance in the Revolutionary. His mission was a complete success because France assisted with training, troops, and ships.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson Yes and JFK plagirized it as he did many speeches.
"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what, together, we can do for the freedom of man."
On January 18, 1803, Thomas Jefferson privately asked Congress to provide funding for a western expedition, which later became famously known as the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
The images of the Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln BTW, I cut and pasted this from Wikipedia. It would be far better for you to look in there than ask this sort of question in Wikianswers. You'll know you're getting the right answer then - and it's quicker.
You could say that purchasing the Louisiana territory was outside the powers of the president granted in the constitution, but really he was one of the greatest presidents, unless you ask a federalist.
because he was a man with a large vocabulary range.