John Kennedy actually said...

"Our top military and diplomatic leaders tried first to prevent the buildup and then to reduce it - and Chiang at one time agreed to a reduction, despite what Mr. Herter calls' his 'almost pathological..."

"With good physical and mental health our senior citizens can derive meaning and joy from their golden years."

"Columbus Day commemorates modern man's greatest achievement in pressing forward the frontiers of the world."

"I do not intend to permit the liquidation of the cotton farmers of the South."