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 ...

Everyone recalls John F. Kennedy's inaugural address, with its stirring call to service over selfishness: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." ...

Kennedy’s inaugural address. Lincoln’s first inaugural address ... became known as the Greatest Generation. And of course, JFK’s famous inaugural, in which he urged Americans, “Ask not ...

Tofel, “Sounding the Trumpet.” JFK instructed speechwriter Ted Sorenson to read every previous inaugural address, distilling his predecessors’ strengths and weaknesses. Brevity was paramount ...