John F. Kennedy: “For you and I are privileged to serve the great Republic in what could be the most decisive decade in its long history.”

The modern globe is too small, its weapons are too destructive, and its disorders are too contagious to permit any other kind of victory.

If at times our actions seem to make life difficult for others, it is only because history has made life difficult for us all.

We steer our ship with hope, as Thomas Jefferson said, "leaving Fear astern.

Through hot wars and cold, through recession and prosperity, through the ages of the atom and outer space, the American people have never faltered and their faith has never flagged.