… 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 help them

help 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 help

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