John Kennedy actually said...

"I WANT to welcome you all to the White House and to tell you that I am very appreciative to have a chance to say a word to you."

"So I was anxious to have you come to the White House because we want to emphasize the necessity for the experience which you are going through, that it be shared by all people in the National Governme..."

"This is not merely a military effort, but it also requires, as I have said, a broad knowledge of the whole development effort of a country, the whole technique of the National Government to identify t..."

"We sometimes take some encouragement in the fact that there are so many obvious evidences of a desire of people to be free and a desire of people to maintain their anti-Communist position."