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Rejoicing in Hope ,Patient in TribulationBy John Fitzgerald Kennedy 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. We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution .Let the world 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 the 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 to assure the survival and the success of liberty .This much we pledge –much more .In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine ,will rest the final success or failure of our course. Since this country was founded , each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty . The graves of young Americans who answered the call to service surround the globe.Now the trumpet summons us again , not as a call to bear arms ,though arms we need; not as a battle ,though in battle we are ;but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out ,rejoicing in hope ,patient in tribulation ,a struggle against the common enemies of man :tyranny ,poverty ,disease and war itself .In the long history of the world ,only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger .I do not shrink from this responsibility –I welcome it .The energy ,the faith ,the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it –and the glow from that fire can truly light the world .And so, my fellow A