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John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address
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This chapter presents John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address, which he delivered on January 20, 1961. In his Inaugural Address, Kennedy emphasizes the Cold War challenges that he would face in foreign and defense policy. Kennedy begins his first address as president, to the American people and the world, with a paean to freedom, represented by his election and the peaceful transition of power. The address includes Kennedy’s praise of the revolutionary beliefs of America’s founders that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God. Kennedy does not hesitate to call on the deistic natural rights theory embraced by drafters of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
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This chapter presents John F.
Kennedy’s Inaugural Address, which he delivered on January 20, 1961.
In his Inaugural Address, Kennedy emphasizes the Cold War challenges that he would face in foreign and defense policy.
Kennedy begins his first address as president, to the American people and the world, with a paean to freedom, represented by his election and the peaceful transition of power.
The address includes Kennedy’s praise of the revolutionary beliefs of America’s founders that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.
Kennedy does not hesitate to call on the deistic natural rights theory embraced by drafters of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
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