As this be our faith, let it also be our pride-and to all who share it, I send the greetings of this day.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The Public Record
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States, serving from January 20, 1961, until his assassination on November 22, 1963. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in Massachusetts and is often remembered for his leadership during the Cuban Missile Crisis, which brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. Kennedy also established the Peace Corps, promoting international service and cooperation, and he advocated for civil rights, laying the groundwork for future legislation in this area.
It is urgent to find a mutually satisfactory solution to the salinity problem.
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Uniform Code of Military Justice...
If consumers are offered inferior products, if prices are exorbitant, if drugs are unsafe or worthless, if the consumer is unable to choose on an informed basis, then his dollar is wasted, his health and safety may be threatened, and the…
These rights include: The right to safety--to be protected against the marketing of goods which are hazardous to health or life.
The aims of the United Nations--as expressed in the Charter--are comparable to the aims of the United States as expressed in the Constitution.
As all of us are consumers, these actions and proposals in the interest of consumers are in the interest of us all.
In a dangerous and disorderly world, the United States cannot conduct its foreign policy exclusively through the United Nations.
These rights include: The right to be informed--to be protected against fraudulent, deceitful, or grossly misleading information, advertising, labeling, or other practices, and to be given the facts he needs to make an informed choice.
These rights include: The right to be heard--to be assured that consumer interests will receive full and sympathetic consideration in the formulation of Government policy, and fair and expeditious treatment in its administrative tribunals.
The United Nations must serve as a forum for parliamentary diplomacy in which our nation, in concert with others, can sustain these hopes and expectations.
This report and the record of fifteen previous years prove that the United Nations now makes a major contribution to the maintenance of peace, the welcoming of new nations, the economic and social growth of large areas of the world, the…
The federal Government--by nature the highest spokesman for all the people--has a special obligation to be alert to the consumer's needs and to advance the consumer's interests.
The march of technology has increased the difficulties of the consumer along with his opportunities; and it has outmoded many of the old laws and regulations and made new legislation necessary.
It is my firm purpose to see to it that in the United Nations, as elsewhere, the United States measures up to the principles of the Charter.
These rights include: The right to choose--to be assured, wherever possible, access to a variety of products and services at competitive prices.
Sound disarmament agreements, deeply rooted in mankind's mutual interest in survival must serve as a bulwark against the tidal waves of war and its destructiveness.
My earnest hope is that no effort will be spared to define areas of agreement on all of the three important levels to which Prime Minister Macmillan and I referred in our joint letter of February 7 to Premier Khrushchev.
We bear great responsibilities, and if anyone feels that these countries are unimportant, or that it doesn't make any difference if Latin America is taken over, or if significant countries are, by Communists, and if they're not interested…
The United Nations remains, in the view of both Presidents, the best means whereby nations can discuss issues openly, and the best instrument for finding solutions to problems that menace the peace of the world.
At this juncture in history no single measure in the field of disarmament would be more productive of concrete benefit in the alleviation of tensions and the enhancement of prospects for greater progress.
An economically strong and developing Australia is essential to the best interests of both countries in the Southwest Pacific





