This is a contest between all of us, between all of us who want to reach for the future, between all of us who have unlimited confidence in this country's capacity to lead and be great, all of us who look with confidence and hope to the future of this country.
Speech of Senator John F. Kennedy, Memorial Auditorium, NY
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