John F. Kennedy: “For we offer a world of choice--they offer the world of coercion.”

But today, were I to offer--after little more than a week in office--detailed legislation to remedy every national ill, the Congress would rightly wonder whether the desire for speed had replaced the duty of responsibility.

There is no longer any reason why American children should suffer from polio, diphtheria, whooping cough, or tetanus.

We need a new law--a wholly new approach--a bold new instrument of American trade policy.

I shall neither shift the burden of executive decisions to the Congress, nor avoid responsibility for the outcome of those decisions.