John F. Kennedy: “Above all, if we are to pay for our commitments abroad, we must expand our exports.”

If, on the other hand, we hang back in deference to local economic pressures, we will find ourselves cut off from our major allies.

But if these programs were ever to be ended, our failures in a dozen countries would be sudden and certain.

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

This Nation is the world's foremost manufacturer, farmer, banker, consumer, and exporter.