John F. Kennedy: “I have pledged myself and my colleagues in the cabinet to a continuous encouragement of initiative, responsibility and…”

But there is no comfort or security for us in evasion, no solution in abdication, no relief in irresponsibility.

And, while the occasion does not call for another recital of our blessings and assets, we do have no greater asset than the willingness of a free and determined people, through its elected officials, to face all problems frankly and meet…

No policeman is universally popular--particularly when he uses his stick to restore law and order on his beat.

But as an institution, it should have in the future, as it has had in the past since its inception, no stronger or more faithful member than the United States of America.