“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, 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 to which this nation has always been committed …”
— John F. Kennedy
Source: from his inaugural address, United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., January 20, 1961
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