John Kennedy actually said...

Our task as a nation, to use the phrase of the Commission report, is simply to make sure that this public blessing is not a private curse.

Special Message to the Congress on the Railroad Rules Dispute.

07/21/1963

More John Kennedy Quotes

However, we will do what must be done.

We cannot escape our dangers--neither must we let them drive us into panic or narrow isolation.

The deadly arms race, and the huge resources it absorbs, have too long overshadowed all else we must do.

Our greatest challenge is still the world that lies beyond the Cold War.