John F. Kennedy: “On the contrary, our task is to convince them that aggression and subversion will not be profitable routes to pursue…”

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…

All of us together--this Administration, this Congress, this nation--must forge those answers.

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…

The choices we make, for good or ill, may well shape the state of the Union for generations yet to come.