John F. Kennedy: “For as I said upon taking the oath of office: "Only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond…”

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

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

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

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