John F. Kennedy: “This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.”

And while no nation has ever faced such a challenge, no nation has ever been so ready to seize the burden and the glory of freedom.

Our instrument and our hope is the United Nations--and I see little merit in the impatience of those who would abandon this imperfect world instrument because they dislike our imperfect world.

Our Constitution wisely assigns both joint and separate roles to each branch of the government; and a President and a Congress who hold each other in mutual respect will neither permit nor attempt any trespass.

I shall neither shift the burden of executive decisions to the Congress, nor avoid responsibility for the outcome of those decisions.