John F. Kennedy: “They need only compare the disillusionment of Communist Cuba with the promise of the Alliance for Progress.”

All of us together--this Administration, this Congress, this nation--must forge those answers.

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

There is no longer any reason why American children should suffer from polio, diphtheria, whooping cough, or tetanus.

For you and I are privileged to serve the great Republic in what could be the most decisive decade in its long history.