John Kennedy actually said...

Unless we have the resources to finance those great expenditures which in the last year totaled over three billion dollars, we cannot meet our commitments and maintain our defense of freedom.

Context

Address in New Orleans at the Opening of the New Dockside Terminal.

05/03/1962

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