Political Quotes

“I read to my friend a quote by President John F. Kennedy in connection with the Cuban missile crisis of 1962: This Nation is prepared to present its case against the Soviet threat to peace and our own proposal for a peaceful world, at any time, in any forum, in the Organization of American States, in the United Nations, or in any other meeting that could be useful without limiting our freedom of action. In looking at the amendments, certainly one of them proposed by the distinguished Senator from Michigan says very clearly that authorization for the use of armed forces is predicated on action by the United Nations. To me, that contravenes what President Kennedy laid down as a form of this. Does the Senator think there is any basis for subordinating the right of our President to use the Armed Forces, if he deems it necessary, to action by the United Nations?”