John Kennedy actually said...

"This is a difficult challenge in this hemisphere."

"I think the United States values its relations with the countries of Latin America because of historical reasons, cultural reasons, hemispheric ties, geography, and all the rest, probably more warmly ..."

"But if I were to name a single thing which points up the difference this century has made in the American attitude toward science, it would certainly be the wholehearted understanding today of the imp..."

"Let us resolve to be the masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicion and emotion."