John Kennedy actually said...

"I know that you all join me in welcoming our distinguished visitor back here to the United States, back to Washington."

"So I think that it is very appropriate that you should come here and we should consider together how best we can make this hemisphere an inspiration for all those who wish to be free."

"This country has committed itself along with Ecuador and our sister republics to a great Alliance for Progress, which is a common effort by all of us to provide a decent life for the people of our hem..."

"Your wife has been quoted as having said that you could name all the Presidents of the United States in order, which not even some Presidents of the United States can do."