John Kennedy actually said...

"I ask your help in this campaign."

"We cannot rebuild our prestige under a leader who tells us it is now at an all-time high."

"In the last years people around the world have come to the conclusion that we are not the strongest power"

"I have made the charge in this campaign that our prestige has been declining, and our prestige is important, because it involves the question of whether other countries will follow our leadership."