| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 77 |
| AUTHOR: | John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917–63) |
| QUOTATION: | 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. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | President JOHN F. KENNEDY, inaugural address, January 20, 1961.—The Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961, p. 1.
This is one of seven inscriptions carved on the walls at the gravesite of John F. Kennedy, Arlington National Cemetery. |
| SUBJECTS: | American people |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | |
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