John Kennedy actually said...

"I hope you stay here, and I want you to know that in Washington we are strongly behind you and we are very grateful that you are here and that the United States Delegation to the United Nations is led..."

"We have left behind prejudice, superstition and ignorance which since the dawn of time distorted our thinking about the mentally retarded."

"Never in the history of man has it been possible to achieve greater gains against this grave and complex problem."

"Society for too long has closed the door against the mentally retarded."