John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I should like now to express my deep appreciation to the Commissioners, the Commission staff and the able scholars who…”

I just say that there's no sense having a program if a man who is innocent of any intelligence mission, which is true in this case, is subjected to arrest without means of defense.

I think it would be unwise to attempt to negotiate it out here.

I congratulate you, the people of Delaware, the people of Maryland, and the people of the United States.

I think she is very formidable, if that is the appropriate word to use about a very fine lady.