John Kennedy actually said...

"Contrary to the assertion that this nation has been living beyond its means abroad, we have been increasing those means instead."

"I think that while we may not have been together a year ago, we are together now, and I will be the President of the United States for the next three years,"

"In the military arena, the initiative rests with the aggressor--a role that we shun by nature and tradition--and our alliances are largely, therefore, defensive."

"What I am proposing is a joint step on both sides of the Atlantic, aimed at benefiting not only the exporters of the countries concerned but the economies of all of the countries of the Free World."