John F. Kennedy: “This Nation is the world's foremost manufacturer, farmer, banker, consumer, and exporter.”

I speak today in an hour of national peril and national opportunity.

But the quest is the greatest adventure of our century.

The product of our abundance must be used more effectively to relieve hunger and help economic growth in all corners of the globe.

The future of any country which is dependent upon the will and wisdom of its citizens is damaged, and irreparably damaged, whenever any of its children is not educated to the full extent of his talent, from grade school through graduate…