John F. Kennedy: “Our aim is not simply to be first on the moon, any more than Charles Lindbergh's real aim was to be the first to Paris.”

If at times our actions seem to make life difficult for others, it is only because history has made life difficult for us all.

Through hot wars and cold, through recession and prosperity, through the ages of the atom and outer space, the American people have never faltered and their faith has never flagged.

But now the winds of change appear to be blowing more strongly than ever, in the world of communism as well as our own.

If they choose peaceful competition, they shall have it.