``Ich bin ein Berliner`` (ˈʔɪç ˈbɪn ʔaɪn bɛɐˈliːnɐ, `I am a Berliner`) is a quotation from a June 26, 1963, speech by U.S. President John F. Kennedy in West Berlin. He was underlining the support of the United States for West Germany 22 months after Soviet-supported East Germany erected the Berlin Wall to prevent mass emigration...