…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.…
to those people in the huts and villages of half
the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass
misery, we pledge our best efforts to them
themselves, for whatever period is
required—not because the communists may be
doing it, not because we seek their votes, but
because it is right. if a free society cannot
the many who are poor, it cannot save the few
who are rich.…
— president john f. kennedy, inaugural address,
january 20, 1961
according to this quotation, president kennedy
wanted to
(1) assert united states leadership in world
affairs
(2) follow a policy of neutrality
(3) adopt appeasement as a foreign policy
(4) abandon the policy of containment