John Kennedy actually said...

One answer to this problem is the negative answer: raise our tariffs, restrict our capital, pull back from the world—and our adversaries would only be too glad to fill any gap that we should leave.

Context

Address in New Orleans at the Opening of the New Dockside Terminal.

05/03/1962

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