John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “It is the responsibility of a President of the United States to have a program and to fight for it.”

It symbolizes, I believe, this highway, first of all, the partnership between the Federal Government and the States, which is essential to the progress of all of our people.

I hope in the year 1963 we will again take stock of the needs of the country over the next decade and we will begin today, this year, this decade, the things which will make this country a better place to live in for the rest of this…

The recommendations are likewise acceptable to me, and will be included in my budget recommendations to the Congress in January.

And third, it symbolizes the effort which we are giving and must be giving to organizing an effective communication system here in the United States of America.