Times and the problems since the Good Neighbor Policy have changed, but the thing that was most important about Roosevelt's administration was the atmosphere that was established, the feeling of interest and support he gave to the people of Latin America, the feeling of sharing in this country their aspirations for their own country.
Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Breakfast, Cortez Hotel, El Paso, TX
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I hope this kind of intimate association, cooperation for the benefit of all of our people, may be extended to other fields.
But there are other troubles besetting the human family. Many of its members live in poverty and misery and despair.
We are proud to have them here also because they are a Scottish Regiment, and that green and misty country has sent hundreds and thousands of Scottish men and women to the United States and they have been among our finest citizens.
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