John F. Kennedy: “Now, when the inflationary pressures of the war and the post-war years no longer threaten, and the dollar commands new…”

I speak today in an hour of national peril and national opportunity.

Neither money nor technical assistance, however, can be our only weapon against poverty.

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

This Nation is the world's foremost manufacturer, farmer, banker, consumer, and exporter.