JohnF Kennedey' Inaugural Address

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Address
Friday, January 20, 1961

The speech was written and gave by one man named John F. Kennedy. The speech was written during the U.S. and Soviet problems of stockpiling nuclear weapons for war. It was written to address the Soviet alliance with the U.S. and it was given to address any possibilities of war with the Soviet. It was to restore the trust of U.S. citizens. It addressed the issues going on in the U.S. to make peace with other countries. John F. Kennedy had a well-balanced attitude that shows his true regard for the U.S. It was given to the counties who wanted to make war with U.S. and what we could do to help ourselves. The attitude of the audience was well they listen to him, and they had understood what he had to say. They felt as if he knew what he wanted to do and what was expected of the U.S. John F. Kennedy wanted to stop the problems between other countries and to just get along with one another. He was real successful at getting the point he had to make get across well to listeners and readers minds of what he truly wanted to happen.
“We observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom—symbolizing an end, as well as a beginning—signifying renewal, as well as change. For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three quarters ago. The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe—the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of God. We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans—born in this century, te...