John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “We here tonight, among them many of the men entrusted with the destiny of this Republic, also come to pay homage to this…”

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

This is the worst attack on foreign aid that we have seen since the beginning of the Marshall plan.

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

I regard it as serious.