Irish Examiner view: Joe Biden's inauguration represents a new dawn

Address spoke not to the power or size of America, but to its spirit, history, humanity, and purpose in the world

“I look forward to a great future for America — a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral strength, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose. I look forward to an America which commands respect throughout the world, not only for its strength but for its civilisation as well.”

The words of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy spoken on October 26, 1963, less than a month before he was assassinated in Dallas.