【正文】 統(tǒng)的位置，擊敗了共和黨人尼克松，成為美國歷史上最年輕的總統(tǒng)，也是第一個羅馬天主教總統(tǒng)。在肯尼迪的就職演說中說道：“不要問你的國家能為你做什么？而要問你能為你的國家做什么?！弊鳛榭偨y(tǒng)，他開始履行他的競選承諾再次使美國運轉(zhuǎn)起來。他上臺后并非一切如愿。任職開始就遇到了美國入侵古巴慘敗的事實。他為了尋得平等的權(quán)利采取有力措施，要求新公民權(quán)利立法。他給予民族文化的質(zhì)量和藝術(shù)在一起至關(guān)重要的社會中心角色。他希望美國恢復(fù)老的任務(wù)作為致力于人權(quán)的革命的最早的民族。由于發(fā)展和和平小組的聯(lián)盟，他對發(fā)展中國家的幫助為美國人帶來理想主義。1963年，正當肯尼迪躊躇滿志要進一步干一番事業(yè)的時候，他遇刺身亡。we observe today not a victory of party，but a celebration of freedomsymbolizing an end，as well as a beginningsignifying renewal，as well as I have sworn I before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears l prescribed nearly a century and three quarters world is very different man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globethe belief that the rights of man e not from the generosity of the state，but from the hand of dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first 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 Americansborn in this century，tempered by war，disciplined by a hard and bitter peace，proud of our ancient heritageand unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this Nation has always been mitted，and to which we are mitted today at home and around the every nation know，whether it wishes us well or ill，that we shall pay any price，bear any burden，meet any hardship，support any friend，oppose any foe，in order to assure the survival and the success of much we pledgeand those old allies whose cultural and spiritual origins we share，we pledge the loyalty of faithful ，there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ，there is little we can dofor we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split those new States whom we wele to the ranks of the free，we pledge our word that one form of colonial control shall not have passed away merely to be replaced by a far more iron shall not always expect to find them supporting our we shall always hope to find them strongly supporting their own freedomand to remember that，in the past，those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up those peoples in the huts and villages across the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery，we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves，for whatever period is requirednot because the Communists may be doing it，not because we seek their votes，but because it is a free society cannot help the many who are poor，it cannot save the few who are our sister republics south of our border，we offer a special pledgeto convert our good words into good deedsin a new alliance for progressto assist free men and free governments in casting off the chains of this peaceful revolution of hope cannot bee the prey of hostile all our neighbors know that we shall join with them to oppose aggression or subversion anywhere in the let every other power know that this Hemisphere intends to remain the master of its own 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 supportto prevent it from being merely a forum for invectiveto strengthen its shield of the new and the weakand to enlarge the area in which its writ may ，to those nations who would make themselves our adversary，we offer not a pledge but a request： that both sides begin anew the quest for peace，before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental dare not tempt them with only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be neithe