John F. Kennedy: “And while hoping and working for the best, we should prepare ourselves now for the worst.”

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

And we will have forged across the Atlantic a trading partnership with vast resources for freedom.

First, we need to strengthen our Nation by investing in our youth.

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