John Kennedy actually said...

"Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you will join in drinking with me to the Chancellor, to the members of his Government, to the German people, and to the President of the Federal Republic."

"We welcome you here during a time of very great change in the world, both in the West and in the East."

"Let us renew that spirit by concerting our energy and our hope with men and women everywhere that the world may move more rapidly toward the time when Thanksgiving may be a day of universal celebratio..."

"I urge that all observe this day with reverence and with humility."