Read this excerpt from Kennedy's inaugural address.
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 American-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 to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
Kennedy uses the rhetorical technique of
from the address to emphasize the United
A parallelism
B comparison
C understatement
in this excerpt
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