John Kennedy actually said...

"Our balance-of-payments position must be recognized in framing our domestic economic policies."

"And in the most remote bushlands of central Africa there are children named Thomas Jefferson and George Washington - but there are none named Lenin or Stalin or Trotsky."

"As I said in my speech, the balance of payments, as all of you know, on exports, was in our favor in the last 12 months."

"I pledge to work with them in applying more rapidly the proven results of their research and experience."