John F. Kennedy: “For a closed society is not open to ideas of progress--and a police state finds that it cannot command the grain to…”

The future of any country which is dependent upon the will and wisdom of its citizens is damaged, and irreparably damaged, whenever any of its children is not educated to the full extent of his talent, from grade school through graduate…

But today, were I to offer--after little more than a week in office--detailed legislation to remedy every national ill, the Congress would rightly wonder whether the desire for speed had replaced the duty of responsibility.

We need a new law--a wholly new approach--a bold new instrument of American trade policy.

First, we need to strengthen our Nation by investing in our youth.