John Kennedy actually said...

This desire for freedom, this desire for liberty, wherever it may be on the globe, in my opinion is the strongest tide of the 20th century.

Remarks at a Civic Reception for President Kennedy at the Hotel de Ville

05/31/1961

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I am confident that whoever was President would meet his responsibilities.

I hope you will raise these same questions, and any others that we didn't answer, with them.

The United States has really gotten two for one in this case--Mrs. Anderson.

Private investment goes where there is a return on capital, which may or may not serve the particular national need of the time.