Read the excerpt from john f. kennedy's inaugural
address
which statement best explains kennedy's message in
this excerpt?
now the trumpet summons us again not as a call to bear
arms, though arms we need not as a call to battle,
though embattled we are but a call to bear the burden of
a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, "rejoicing in
hope, patient in tribulation" a struggle against the
common enemies of man tyranny, poverty disease and
war itself
american citizens must be prepared for war
the united states is prepared to protect freedom
the united states is the greatest country in the world
american citizens have a history of protecting
democracy
can we forge against these enemies a grand and global
alliance, north and south east and west that can assure
a more fruitful life for all mankind? will you join in that
historic effort?
in the long history of the world, only a few generations
have been granted the role of defending freedom in its
hour of maximum danger. i do not shrink from this
responsibility welcome it i do not believe that any of us