John Kennedy actually said...

That is an almost unique role to play, and I know you feel the same sense of pride in your chance, in your time, in your day, to play a part...

What you do here far away from Washington, far away from some of our great capitals, far away from the many countries which depend upon us, ...

This must give you the greatest possible satisfaction because never in history has so much depended upon one people, and I think never in hi...

It is customary for speakers on these occasions to say in graduating addresses that commencement signifies the beginning instead of an end.