John Kennedy actually said...

"Your conduct and valor are proof that although Castro and his fellow dictators may rule nations, they do not rule people."

"On behalf of my Government and my country, I welcome you to the United States."

"I determine that the modifications of existing duties and other import restrictions of the United States, the additional import restrictions, and the continuance of existing customs and excise treatme..."

"Now, Therefore, I, John F. Kennedy, under the authority vested in me, as President, by the Constitution and statutes, particularly section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, do proclaim that"