John Larson:
CLASS OF 1975
Willowbrook High SchoolClass of 1975
Villa park, IL
John's Story
John is from Same, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia. John's schools include Willowbrook High School. John works(ed) at Manufacturing & Relocation Companies, Manufacturing & Relocation Companies, Manufacturing & Relocation Companies.
John's interests include Animals. Music John likes includes The Dark Side of the Moon, Fleetwood Mac, The Alan Parsons Project. Books John likes include A Night to Remember, JFK and the Unspeakable, John Grisham. Movies John likes include The Rainmaker, Goodfellas, The Godfather. TV shows John likes include Seinfeld, The Honeymooners, The Andy Griffith Show.
One of John's favorite quotes is:"“…What kind of peace do I mean and what kind of a peace do we seek? Not a Pax Americana enforced on the world by American weapons of war. Not the peace of the grave or the security of the slave. I am talking about genuine peace, the kind of peace that makes life on earth worth living, and the kind that enables men and nations to grow, and to hope, and build a better life for their children -- not merely peace for Americans but peace for all men and women, not merely peace in our time but peace for all time…’
‘…For in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's futures. And we are all mortal…"
-JFK, American University, June 1963
“Now I know there are some people who say that this isn’t the business of the President of the United States, who believe that the President of the United States should be an honorary chairman of a great fraternal organization and confine himself to ceremonial functions. But that is not what the Constitution says. And I did not run for President of the United States to fulfill that Office in that way.'
'Harry Truman once said there are 14 or 15 million Americans who have the resources to have representatives in Washington to protect their interests, and that the interests of the great mass of other people, the hundred and fifty or sixty million, i...Expand for more
s the responsibility of the President of the United States. And I propose to fulfill it.'
'I believe it is the business of the President of the United States to concern himself with the general welfare and the public interest. And if the people feel that it is not, then they should secure the services of a new President of the United States.”
– JFK to the United Auto Workers Union, May 8, 1962
"I realize that there are some businessmen who feel only they want to be left alone, that Government and politics are none of their affairs, that the balance sheet and profit rate of their own corporation are of more importance than the worldwide balance of power or the Nationwide rate of unemployment. But I hope it is not rushing the season to recall to you the passage from Dickens' "Christmas Carol" in which Ebenezer Scrooge is terrified by the ghosts of his former partner, Jacob Marley, and Scrooge, appalled by Marley's story of ceaseless wandering, cries out, "But you were always a good man of business, Jacob." And the ghost of Marley, his legs bound by a chain of ledger books and cash boxes, replied, "Business? Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business. Charity, mercy, forbearance and benevolence were all my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!'
'Members and guests of the Florida State Chamber of Commerce, whether we work in the White House or the State House or in a house of industry or commerce, mankind is our business. And if we work in harmony, if we understand the problems of each other and the responsibilities that each of us bears, then surely the business of mankind will prosper. And your children and mine will move ahead in a securer world, and one in which there is opportunity for them all."
-JFK to the Florida Chamber of Commerce, November 18th, 1963 (4 days before he was killed)".
More about John:"When I die, I would like for the inscription on my headstone to read: "HERE COMES THE FUNNY PART"".
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