" became one of the most famous call to actions in the history of presidential speeches and inaugural addresses.
President Kennedy talks about the responsibilities of the first revolution that his generation had inherited. When Kennedy says, " the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans" he was accepting those obligations. Then, Mr. President spoke about what the generation of that century encountered, that they were "tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights" He talked about the protection of human rights that the Nation had been committed to, and from that day forward will commit to, not only protecting human rights in that Nation, but also in all Nations. President John F. Kennedy then went on to say that he wanted everyone to know, let them be foes or allies, that these United States would do whatever it took in order to " assure the survival and the success of liberty." Then Mr. Kennedy stated, "This much we pledge and more." Vowed to the cause wholeheartedly.
John F. Kennedy touched on the topic of the creation of weapons of mass destruction, " both sides begin anew the quest for peace, before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction." He wanted any nation who is creating or has already created a weapon that could do such a thing, and ".those nations that make themselves our adversary" to know that Kennedy offered not a pledge but instead a request that both nations move toward peace and stray away from possibly the destruction of mankind. Kennedy then spoke about negotiation, "Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate." He didn't want this Nation to fear negotiation or see it as a defeat, but to instead see it as a solution, and to also defend this Nation's beliefs and what it stands for.