John F. Kennedy: “We must never be lulled into believing that either power has yielded its ambitions for world domination--ambitions which…”

This Nation is the world's foremost manufacturer, farmer, banker, consumer, and exporter.

For my part, I shall withhold from neither the Congress nor the people any fact or report, past, present, or future, which is necessary for an informed judgment of our conduct and hazards.

If, on the other hand, we hang back in deference to local economic pressures, we will find ourselves cut off from our major allies.

The choices we make, for good or ill, may well shape the state of the Union for generations yet to come.