John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “As Maine goes, so goes Vermont, and I hope so goes the Nation.”

And I think that--the governmental standards, let me say, on the whole I think compare favorably with those in Washington, with those in some other parts of America.

I hope in the year 1963 we will again take stock of the needs of the country over the next decade and we will begin today, this year, this decade, the things which will make this country a better place to live in for the rest of this…

Our goal is the development of the most efficient, economic, and the safest transportation system for all of our people.

This highway has been built by the dedicated effort of the citizens of these two States.