John F. Kennedy: “I am proud of a program that has helped to arm and feed and clothe millions of people who live on the front lines of…”

A year ago, in assuming the tasks of the Presidency, I said that few generations, in all history, had been granted the role of being the great defender of freedom in its hour of maximum danger.

The future of any country which is dependent upon the will and wisdom of its citizens is damaged, and irreparably damaged, whenever any of its children is not educated to the full extent of his talent, from grade school through graduate…

Our Constitution wisely assigns both joint and separate roles to each branch of the government; and a President and a Congress who hold each other in mutual respect will neither permit nor attempt any trespass.

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