{"citing_quote": "man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life", "sha256": "b8f3ab50211f8c12b04ceaa623b70944b61d292fa6e83de60c824f5a5888f608", "citing_url": "http://demo-sites.citeit.net/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inauguration_of_John_F._Kennedy", "cited_url": "https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/kennedy.asp", "citing_context_before": "celerating arms race, and essentially makes the main point that this focus on pure firepower should be replaced with a focus on maintenance of international relations and helping the impoverished in the world.[39] Rhetorical elements[edit] The main focus of the speech can crudely be boiled down to one theme \u2013 the relationship between duty and power.[40] This is emphasized by Kennedy's strong use of juxtaposition in the first part of the speech. For example, he states in the second passage, \"... ", "cited_context_before": "FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1961 Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, President Truman, reverend clergy, fellow citizens, we observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom--symbolizing an end, as well as a beginning--signifying renewal, as well as change. For I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three quarters ago. The world is very different now. For ", "citing_context_after": ",\" a clear calling-out of not only America, but also other nations of power for skewed Cold War priorities. He again employs the strategy in the fifth passage when he says, \"United, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided there is little we can do,\" again appealing to the idea of refocusing of international values.[41] Again, after exhorting \"both sides\" to action, he calls on all of \"us\" \"to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle ... against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself,\"[42] though the phrase \"long twilight struggle\" came to be associated with the cold war struggle against communism.[43] One of the main components of classical rhetoric; kairos - which means to say or do whatever is fitting in a given situation, and is the style with which the orator clothes the proof, as well as to prepon (the appropriate) - which means what is said must conform to both audience and occasion, are also extremely prevalent in ", "cited_context_after": ". And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe--the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state, but from the hand of God. We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. 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, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world. Let 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 liberty. This much we pledge--and more. To those old allies whose cult", "cited_quote": "man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life", "hashkey": "manholdsinhismortalhandsthepowertoabolishallformsofhumanpovertyandallformsofhumanlife|demo-sites.citeit.net/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inauguration_of_John_F._Kennedy|avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/kennedy.asp"}