John Kennedy actually said...

We come as good neighbors and follow in the footsteps of one of my most distinguished predecessors, Franklin Roosevelt.

I believe that there is so much which unites this great country with my own.

DONE at the City of Washington this twenty-ninth day of June in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-two, and of the Independence...

So I am grateful to all those who participated in a very important public service, and they are to be congratulated.