John F. Kennedy: “I shall neither shift the burden of executive decisions to the Congress, nor avoid responsibility for the outcome of…”

For this is the most urgent task confronting the Congress in 1963.

For the troubles of a world organization merely reflect the troubles of the world itself.

But if these programs were ever to be ended, our failures in a dozen countries would be sudden and certain.

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