John Fitzgerald Kennedy

I direct the appropriate agencies of the Federal Government, and I invite State and local governments and organizations interested in child safety, to participate actively in programs intended to promote better protection against…

We must follow both at once.

No, I think that I'll just let Mr. Romney--I saw the program and the statement.

We are prepared to meet our responsibilities.

The direct benefits-economic, educational, and political--of this improved world-wide communication will be invaluable.

It is my firm conviction that the enactment of this legislation and the actual operation of such a system would provide a dramatic demonstration of our leadership in this area of space activity, our intention to share the benefits of space…

If necessary, definitely.

I do hereby proclaim the week beginning March 18, 1962, as National Poison Prevention Week.

The control and operation of education in America must remain the responsibility of State and local governments and private institutions.

Americans are still the best-educated and best-trained people in the world.

Last year I sent to the Congress a proposal to meet the urgent needs of the Nation's elementary and secondary schools.

We are justly proud of the vitality, the creativity and the variety of the contemporary contributions our citizens can offer to the world of the arts.

Every year of further delay means a further loss of the opportunity for quality instruction to students who will never get that opportunity back.

No task before our Nation is more important than expanding and improving the educational opportunities of all our people.

College enrollments alone will nearly double, requiring approximately twice as many facilities to serve nearly 7 million students by 1970.

Federal money means Federal control.

A student's ability--not his parents' income--should determine whether he has the opportunity to enter medicine or dentistry.

We entrust to our teachers our most valuable possession--our children.

Education is both the foundation and the unifying force of our democratic way of life.

The total number of graduates receiving doctorate degrees has increased only about one-third in ten years.

Let me assure you of our continued assistance in the development of your capabilities to maintain your freedom and to defeat those who wish to destroy that freedom.

And we look forward confidently with you to the day when your country will again be at peace--united, prosperous, and free.

We in America sincerely hope that the year of the Tiger will see peace come again to Viet-Nam.

Direct the Secretary of Commerce, under the provisions of the Export Control Act of 1949, as amended, to continue to carry out the prohibition of all exports from the United States to Cuba.

Hereby prohibit, effective 12:01 A.M., Eastern Standard Time, February 7, 1962, the importation into the United States of all goods of Cuban origin and all goods imported from or through Cuba.