John Kennedy actually said...

France and the United States have been associated in the past in many great causes, but I can think of no more happy cause than to be associ...

It is a particular source of satisfaction to me as President of the United States that we should be associated with President de Gaulle.

I come from America, 'the daughter of Europe,' to France, which is America's oldest friend.

In my office, in recent weeks, I've received many envoys of new countries. Many of them spoke French, the language of free men.