John Kennedy actually said...

"So I was anxious to have you come to the White House because we want to emphasize the necessity for the experience which you are going through, that it be shared by all people in the National Governme..."

"This most ancient form of warfare, going back as it has to its earliest beginnings, has become far more important than it has ever been in the past, and it is going to become more important in the fut..."

"The foreign Service Institute has done an excellent job in laying this out."

"My own feeling is that there is a place for the non-career Ambassador--not for political reasons, but when he happens to be the best man available."