John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I think the most important issue, and it is not political in the partisan sense, but it is the issue which concerns us…”

“I think the most important issue, and it is not political in the partisan sense, but it is the issue which concerns us all, is how we can live on the same globe with the Communists, both possessing hydrogen capacity which could destroy us all, and try to live in peace and protect our security, and continue to survive.”