> In what way is the meaning different? The "state" means not only the nation but the government. The "country" means, er, the country. JFK did not say, and pl

> In what way is the meaning different? The "state" means not only the nation but the government. The "country" means, er, the country. JFK did not say, and plainly did not mean, "ask what you can do to help the government".