So, I was listening fairly hard in Clinton's speech for some discussion of the problems of his day. At one point, he briefly acknowledged that something really unpleasant was happening several hundred miles away, in Bosnia. Kennedy was literally looking over the wall staring the enemy in the teeth, while declaring American resolve to meet the particular, nasty problems of his day. Had Clinton wanted to recapture the same magic by the same methods, he wouldn't have been in Berlin at all.
Great presidents get a lot of other people to do great things.
As you know, we have adopted that as our working motto. They require no legislation. They do not offend any political constituency. Nor do they threaten any special interests. Principals could even provide class credit for time spent repairing schools.