Kennedy's Inaugural Address

President John F. Kennedy did what no other president had done and challenged the citizens to question if they are doing anything to change the world together. Kennedy made this challenge as his closing statement in his 1960 Inaugural Address. He made sure to make people ask themselves what they have been doing for this country to actually change it and to see if they could work in unity as a whole country. It has been about 58 years since Kennedy gave that speech and i believe that we have somewhat succeeded to live up to his words because we stand up for what we believe, more people are voting and we volunteer. Our country is slowly but surely meeting the words of Kennedy because the people stand up for themselves when they believe something is unjust. “Ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.” Kennedy is stating that we need to work together in order to gain the freedom we want. Today we can see that we have somewhat accomplished what he was challenging the citizens to do because we have people organizing protests when the majority
The world has changed from not allowing minorities, including women, be able to vote to actually allowing them. “Let all our neighbors know that we shall join to oppose aggression or subversion anywhere in the Americas.” Kennedy not only wanted to let the citizens know that our nation will help them when they are facing oppression but also our neighboring countries. This would benefit both parties because that way they could help each other when in need. America has come a long way in gaining the right to allow everyone to vote and the amount of people actually voting has increased. Although some individuals do not like to vote because they believe that their vote doesn't do anything that number has slowly decreased and more people are voting because they are demanding change for the