John F. Kennedy: “And I shall recommend plans for a massive attack to end this adult illiteracy.”

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…

A year ago, in assuming the tasks of the Presidency, I said that few generations, in all history, had been granted the role of being the great defender of freedom in its hour of maximum danger.

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

Neither money nor technical assistance, however, can be our only weapon against poverty.