John Kennedy actually said...

Prestige affects our ability to influence these nations, to strengthen the forces of freedom within them.

American prestige, essential to our influence and our security, has declined these last 8 years even more sharply than we realized.

All I can do as a candidate for the Presidency is to make a judgment on what this country must do.

Let me say that Mr. Nixon and I have one thing in common and that is that he just campaigns in Republican districts.