John Kennedy actually said...

This is, obviously, the most important road to progress--secondary, primary, and higher education.

Now, Therefore, I, John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America, in consonance with the joint resolution of Congress approved ...

I express my thanks to you all and I hope that in our time we will do as well as those who have been before us.

The most extraordinary progress has been made in the last 50 years.