John Kennedy actually said...

You have my pledge that I will do all in my power to live up to the faith and trust you place in me by your action.

Text of a Telegram to John H. Lyons, General President of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, and Ornamental...

10/17/1960

More John Kennedy Quotes

We are against a double standard of action in the United Nations, and I think we have attempted to make that clear.

The fact of the matter is that our doctors are falling far behind the rate of increase in our population.

I understood what they were attempting to say, and therefore I considered that their message was received.

I think that we will get that consensus.