John Kennedy actually said...

"My stay in this country will be all too brief, but in a larger sense the United States is here on this continent to stay."

"The problems of the Western world are, in many ways, different than they were 2000 years ago, but our obligations as citizens remain the same-to defend our common heritage from those who would divide ..."

"As a citizen of Boston, which takes pride in being the oldest city in the United States, I find it sobering to come to Cologne where the Romans marched when the Bostonians were in skins."

"I am grateful for your invitation and I am happy to be here."