John Kennedy actually said...

This is a matter of the greatest national significance to us.

We have a good many things in our country that are worth retaining.

So if you can find new markets, if you can persuade others to come to the United States--we lose in our balance of payments every year $1,80...

I think it is most important that we also look west across the Pacific, which can be a bridge rather than a barrier, and, particularly, that...