John Kennedy actually said...

We must be willing to devote our national energies to demonstrating in every form of human endeavor we are second to none, that we are first...

It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.

For the first time in the history of the United States an enemy stands poised at the throat of the United States.

What is needed now is leadership - impartial but firm, deliberate but bold - leadership instead of rhetoric.