John Kennedy actually said...

"I would like to express my very great thanks on behalf of all of us to all of you."

"This Administration was not elected to preside over the liquidation of American responsibility in these great years."

"I hope that all Americans realize what you're doing."

"One answer to this problem is the negative answer: raise our tariffs, restrict our capital, pull back from the world—and our adversaries would only be too glad to fill any gap that we should leave."