John Fitzgerald Kennedy

This plaque pays particular attention to the contribution of the Strategic Air Command during the most intense days of the Cuban crisis.

I want to thank you very much for coming out here tonight.

Now we come to Albuquerque.

There is no doubt that it contributed greatly to the maintenance of the peace and the security of the United States and those countries associated with us.

It is a great pleasure to present this plaque to the Commanding Officer of SAC and, by this plaque, to indicate our great appreciation to the officers and men of the Strategic Air Force stationed here at this base and all around the world…

The record of SAC in mobilizing the forces of the United States was unprecedented in the long history of SAC.

This is a nonpolitical trip but these things don't get so far away from us.

We are indebted to you all in the past, now, and our security depends upon you in the future.

I hope that in the 1960's these years will be known as years in which the United States took the leadership in the great effort to make it possible to discover what we can do to make these boys' and girls' lives more hopeful and fruitful.

We are indebted to all of you for helping.

It represents, really, in many ways, the most rewarding of careers in the 1960's.

We are very appreciative to Miss Garland, our old friend, and to Mr. Lancaster, for coming, and also to all of you.

I hope these awards will encourage others who work in the Government to double their efforts and also will encourage those who are considering a career in Government, a career in Civil Service, a career in the Foreign Service, a career in…

I want to express our thanks to all of you for attending this dinner this evening.

I think that all who are associated with the program are to be commended.

We want to express appreciation to John Rockefeller and to the university for the recognition which they brought to distinguished civil servants of our Government.

I want to thank you all very much.

I want to express our thanks to the radio stations who were so helpful and contributed such an important national service to us during the difficult days that have just passed.

We are very grateful to them.

The two Presidents agreed that their Governments should seek, on an urgent basis, a solution of the question of Swan Island, within the framework of the Inter-American system and taking full account of the rights and interests of both…

The two Presidents declared that political democracy, national independence and the self-determination of peoples are the political principles which shape the national policies of Honduras and the United States.

The two Presidents discussed general relations between their two countries, and topics of hemispheric concern.

I find and determine that certain revisions in the system of allocating imports will operate to maintain the competitive capability of refining companies of varying sizes and thus strengthen the national security.

The Presidents reaffirmed their adherence to the principles and commitments of the Charter of Punta del Este.

Aeschylus and Plato are remembered today long after the triumphs of imperial Athens are gone.