I would be opposed to changing the United Nations in the way the Soviets proposed.

We cannot get a strong national defense if we continue defense systems or bases which are archaic and outmoded, and which no longer represent a real need.

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, Emergency Board No. 136 created pursuant to Executive Order 10923 is hereby authorized to make its report to the President as provided in Section 10 of the Railway…

My feeling is that we are more durable in the long run.

It is my sincere desire that in the continuing quest for knowledge of outer space our nations can work together to obtain the greatest benefit to mankind.

It is a most impressive scientific accomplishment, and also I think that we, all of us as members of the race, have the greatest admiration for the Russian who participated in this extraordinary feat.

We are, I hope, going to be able to carry out our efforts with due regard to the problem of the life of the man involved this year.

There will not be, under any conditions, an intervention in Cuba by the United States Armed Forces.

I am sure that when the matter is brought to their attention that they will permit everyone who is accredited and is a photographer to come to the White House.

I do hereby call upon the people of the United States, and upon all patriotic, civic, and educational organizations to observe Monday, May 1, 1961, as Loyalty Day, in schools and other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies in which…

I do not regard the first man in space as a sign of the weakening of the free world.