John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I welcome the opportunity for the United States to demonstrate that it is a vigorous and vital society, that it can…”

“I welcome the opportunity for the United States to demonstrate that it is a vigorous and vital society, that it can maintain its defenses, that it can build an educational system second to none, that it can maintain employment at a time when we are increasing our population, and when new machines are taking the jobs of men, that we can make productive use of our agricultural surpluses.”