Contemporary Voices In his "Inaugural Address," Kennedy contrasts ideas to develop the argument that the choices goverments and citizens make will
determine their fate.
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both sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons, both rightly alarmed by the steady spread
of the deadly atom, yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of
mankind's final war."
"Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us."
"If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich."
"To that world assembly of sovereign states, the United Nations, our last best hope in an age where the
instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of peace, we renew our pledge of support..."
"So let us begin anew-remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is
always subject to proof."
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