John Kennedy actually said...

"I have recently set forth my views on the subject in a Special Message to the Congress on Mental Illness and Mental Retardation."

"We have the knowledge and the capacity to relieve great suffering and to rehabilitate untold numbers of our fellow citizens affected with mental disabilities."

"It is hereby amended by substituting for Section 3 thereof the following:"

"There would appear to be no better place for these forward-looking programs to be started than in the Nation's capital."