The Secretary of Defense shall take appropriate measures to prevent the delivery of prohibited materiel to Cuba, employing the land, sea and air forces of the United States.

In pursuance of the provisions of section 2 of the said Joint Resolution of October 3, 1962, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the Coast Guard are hereby authorized to extend enlistments…

The peace of the world and the security of the United States and of all American States are endangered by reason of the establishment by the Sino-Soviet powers of an offensive military capability in Cuba.

In pursuance of the provisions of section 3 of the said Joint Resolution of October 3, 1962, no member of the armed forces who was involuntarily ordered to active duty or whose period of active duty was extended under the Act of August 1…

Force shall not be used except in case of failure or refusal to comply with directions, or with regulations or directives of the Secretary of Defense issued hereunder, after reasonable efforts have been made to communicate them to the…

The Secretary of Defense, and, when designated by him for this purpose, any of the Secretaries of the military departments of the Department of Defense, and the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the Coast Guard are hereby…

I, John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby proclaim and make known that the annual quotas of the quota areas…

Any vessel or craft which may be proceeding toward Cuba may be intercepted and may be directed to identify itself, its cargo, equipment and stores and its ports of call.

The forces under my command are ordered, beginning at 2:00 p.m. Greenwich time October 24, 1962, to interdict the delivery of offensive weapons and associated materiel to Cuba.

However, if the enlistment of a member of the Ready Reserve who is ordered to active duty under section 1 of this Executive Order would expire after February 28, 1963, but before he has served the entire period for which he was so ordered…

Under the Trade Expansion Act, a wider variety of relief is available to assist American firms suffering from imports.

We will not prematurely or unnecessarily risk the costs of worldwide nuclear war in which even the fruits of victory would be ashes in our mouth--but neither will we shrink from that risk at any time it must be faced.

Our goal is not the victory of might, but the vindication of right--not peace at the expense of freedom, but both peace and freedom, here in this hemisphere, and, we hope, around the world.

The cost of freedom is always high--but Americans have always paid it.

Only last month, after I had made clear the distinction between any introduction of ground-to-ground missiles and the existence of defensive antiaircraft missiles, the Soviet Government publicly stated on September 11 that, and I quote…

The enactment of this legislation within a short time after the 1961 negotiations and following the opening of new opportunities for trade expansion under the recently approved Trade Expansion Act would hamper our efforts to improve the…

This nation is opposed to war.

I don't suppose that anyone who lives through a very revolutionary period recognizes how extraordinary it is.

I think that all of us in this country, whatever our political views may be, respect courage.

That we are climbing back up the ladder is apparent in the matchless performance of our most recent flight.

That's why I'm proud to be a citizen of this country in the great decade through which we're living.

Even with 19 Republicans voting with us in the House, only by 5 votes, and we don't get 19 Republicans any more, you can just see how closely divided the House and Senate is, even though the party labels give a different impression.

Why do we have difficulty passing a minimum wage of $1.25 an hour?

Well, I think the people are going to make their decisions on November 6.

That is a proud role which we did not seek, but from which we do not flinch.