Of our time demand the same fighting spirit that defined berlin a half century ago. chancellor merkel mentioned that we mark the anniversary of john f. kennedy's stirring defense of freedom embodied in the great mime of this city, his pledge of solidarity ich bin berliner echos through the ages, but that's not all that he said that day. let's remember is the challenge that he issued to the crowd before him. let me ask you, he said to his berliners, let me ask you to lift your eyes beyond the dangers of today. and beyond the freedom of moorely this city. look, he said, to the day of