John Kennedy actually said...

"The harsh facts of the matter are that our security and leadership are both slipping away from us."

"For the first time in the history of the United States an enemy stands poised at the throat of the United States."

"It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom."

"We must be willing to devote our national energies to demonstrating in every form of human endeavor we are second to none, that we are first and will continue to be first regardless of what challenges..."