John F Kennedy Jfk Inaugural Address Analysis

On the 20th of January in 1961; our newly elected President, John F. Kennedy delivered his inaugural address to the citizens of both the United States and the world. This address became, and still is, one of the most influential and ideal speeches in the history of the United States, still remembered and quoted to this day.

On the eastern portico of the United States Capitol in Washington D.C. the speech given marked JFK as the 35th president of the USA serving only one term until his tragic assassination 2 years after. His famous address, where he publicized that "we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty.", was read to a mass of twenty thousand plus people.

presidency, he wanted to show no hint of political bias or business in the speech. He cleaverly chose his words and avoided near all national matters and integrally put him in a state of neutrality so all can clearly hear is voice. He also wanted to stress that his age - far from representing an excuse to shrink from responsibility - represented instead the "passing of the torch" of leadership to a new generation ready to assume great responsibilities.

Kennedy's inaugural address was ground-breaking, downright world-changing. Signaling the beginning of the new age in America and its direction in external procedures, a more peaceful approach to the Cold War skirmish with the Soviet Union over the future of the world. He shared his interest and the significance of the global issues. Speaking at the height of the cold war, he sought to establish with the Soviet’s that America did not want a "hot war" but an honest cease-fire. Not a bloodbath, but consultations and collaboration, these were his actions to pursuing an attempt to end cold war pressures once and for