John F. Kennedy: “And we will have forged across the Atlantic a trading partnership with vast resources for freedom.”

But the world was not meant to be a prison in which man awaits his execution.

Members of the Congress: The United States did not rise to greatness by waiting for others to lead.

Our decision could well affect the unity of the West, the course of the Cold War, and the economic growth of our Nation for a generation to come.

For this is the most urgent task confronting the Congress in 1963.