John Kennedy actually said...

"As President, I have determined that the modifications of existing duties and other import restrictions of the United States, the additional import restrictions, and the continuance of existing custom..."

"We can no longer afford the luxury of endless debate over all the complicated and sensitive questions raised by each new proposal on Federal participation in education."

"Our present American educational system was founded on the principle that opportunity for education in this country should be available to all--not merely to those who have the ability to pay."

"A free Nation can rise no higher than the standard of excellence set in its schools and colleges."